Information Literacy and Assessment

An ACRL/TLT Group Online Seminar
March 4, 11, and 18, 2008
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. EST

Seminar Leaders:
Debra Gilchrist, director of library/media services, Pierce College and Anne Zald, head, Map Collection and Cartographic Information Services,University of Washington.

Course Description:
How can you assess Information Literacy? Should you assess the process or what students find?  Should there be an IL graduation requirement? Educators often ponder these questions and others connected with IL programs. Bring your questions and opinions to this workshop for lively discussion in a search for answers.

Three synchronous Webcasts will frame information literacy programs and student learning assessment within the context of:

• AAHE 9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning.  
• ACRL's Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy That Illustrate Best Practices  
• Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education.

Seminar leaders will provide practical, specific examples for conducting an assessment of information literacy programs. We assume participants are actively involved in information literacy programs and need to conduct assessments.

While the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education and the Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy That Illustrate Best Practices have been introduced in previous seminars in this series, our focus will be on their uses in assessing information literacy programs. The two documents are complementary and their purposes are different. The webcasts will make these distinctions explicit by showing how they are used in program assessment and outcomes assessment.

Participants will also have access to an asynchronous discussion forum, resources, and an archive.

For more information literacy resources, visit ACRL's Information Literacy Web site.

Registration
ACRL member or affiliated with TLT subscriber institution: $150
ALA member: $185
Nonmember: $225

A $15 discount per registrant will be applied to participants registering from the same institution (first registrant pays full fee).