1. Sneakin’ it in: Finding opportunities for Information Literacy
Alicia Hansen
Teri Gallaway
Loyola University New Orleans
February 25, 2009

2. History of our Info Lit program
10 years of integrating Media Services & Instructional Technology into our public services
Worked toward our current Learning Commons model
Monroe Library’s philosophy of Information Literacy

3. Philosophy of Information Literacy
To provide our campus community with the skills and knowledge needed to effectively identify, find, evaluate, create, share, and use information for academic success, and also to support lifelong learning; this information literacy includes educational technology as well as technology in general. Our team emphasizes active learning, and incorporates the latest trends in technology and pedagogical approaches.
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4. More history Blackboard run by the library
Staffing: both tech and info lit
Instruction: both tech and info lit
Now: for-credit courses, taught by librarians

5. Why “snuck in”?
Courses were not originally intended to be library-centered, Information Literacy courses.
When approached with original proposal, we tweaked it to meet our goals and our priorities.
All parties happy with the outcome!

6. Technology for Music Students
Required “technology competency” course for all music freshmen
Team-taught with Instructional Technologist and Music Industry technology professor
Covers a broad spectrum of info and tech lit

7. The syllabus Music equipment (our MacLab)
Notation software for theory/composition homework
Music sequencing & digital audio
Photoshop
MS Office

8. The syllabus, cont’d. Library website, online catalog Music databases
RILM, IIMP, ARTstor, JSTOR, & more
Website evaluation, ethics (per info lit standards)
Bibliography

9. Introduction to Music Industry course
First session Fall x 3 week session
Students are predominantly Music Industry Major in Music or Business or Jazz Studies majors
Models for class variable - 3 week, part of some classes, Fridays
Current model - 10 consecutive Fridays

10. Music Industry course syllabus
Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Business letter to club owner
MRI+ exporting to Excel
Research databases for music
Catalog searching
APA citation formatting
Three page paper

11. Research & Technology
Originally conceived as a course for the evening division (City College)
Non-traditional students
Technology and academic success primer
Enrollment did not reflect this concept
Syllabus modification

12. Research & Technology course syllabus
Technology basics
Course management software basics
Research databases
Catalog searching
Citation formatting
Web page design with Dreamweaver
Photoshop
Audio and video creation for the web

13. Research & Technology assignments
Paper proposal - demonstrate use of Word
Mail merge with Excel and envelope printing
PowerPoint article summary
Research findings in a webpage
Original audio and video clips embedded into the webpage

14. Challenges Skill levels Enrollment No prerequisites
0/1 credit - no homework model
Hands on learning

15. Student Comments
More Photoshop
Less Office
Prerequisites needed

16. Library Research 2.0 New instructor Course name change requirement
Office basics
Research basics
Web 2.0 tools

17. Library Research 2.0
Reduced focus on Office more attention to Web 2.0 tools
Same individual research topic throughout course
Create a blog about the research process
YouTube video introductions
Use RSS feeds to track research
Posting to Wikipedia
Evaluating a blog

18. Staffing for technology
Job postings
Instruction and reference duties
Learning Commons model
Instructional Technologist
Learning Technologies Developer
Blackboard Manager

19. Team Support Web Team Teaching and Learning Team Technology Team
IT monthly meetings
Faculty status
Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)
First Year Experience (FYE)
Standing Council on Academic Planning (SCAP)
Common Curriculum

20. Thank you Questions? Alicia Hansen: ahansen@loyno.edu
Teri Gallaway:

21. What did you think? Your input is important to us!
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