Overview of the Webinar

Both community college and four year institutions have traditions of working with instructors needing Library instruction, and this tradition has created an atmosphere of both faculty and students requiring true understanding of Information Literacy. Various Colleges in Texas, including North Lake College, Southern Methodist University, and the University of Texas at Dallas, have placed careful emphasis on the discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge. Items such as the difference between high school “reports” and college “research” papers often confound the first year student, and information literacy plays a key role in that student’s understandings and expectations as they relate to the assessment. These Information Literacy programs are more than a class; they are a journey in educating the first year student in developing and refine search strategies, as well as managing and organizing searching processes and results. Instructor are charged with educating the first-year student on what is expected from them as college students, and with this process in place the faculty can be assured that the assessment process will have a clear outcome, as well as clean and clear documentation.