College Information Literacy Efforts Benchmarks Presents the Results of an Information Literacy Higher Education Benchmarking Study.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c87308) has announced the addition of "College Information Literacy Several conceptions and definitions of information literacy have become prevalent. For example, one conception defines information literacy in terms of a set of competencies that an informed citizen of an information society ought to possess to participate intelligently and Efforts Benchmarks" to their offering. College Information Literacy Efforts Benchmarks presents the results of an information literacy higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. benchmarking study. More than 110 colleges from the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada participated in the study; data is broken out by size and type of college, for public and private colleges, for US and Canadian colleges, and even by number of in-class instructional sessions given. Uniquely, this report also breaks out data separately at institutions at which librarians This is a list of people who have practised as a librarian and are well-known, either for their contributions to the library profession or primarily in some other field. have faculty status, an at which they do not. The 175 page study presents an enormous wealth of often completely unique statistics, including data on: use of library personnel for instruction, instructional work load, change in number of presentations or classes, Assessment of skill level of students in the following areas: Boolean searching A search for specific data. It implies that any condition can be searched for using the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT. For example, the English language request: "Search for all Spanish and French speaking employees who have MBAs would be expressed as follows. , evaluation of website information credibility, recognition of plagiarism Using ideas, plots, text and other intellectual property developed by someone else while claiming it is your original work. , use of the online library catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. , use of search engines, use of periodicals databases, and use of eBook collections; frequency of issuing tests to assess student skills in Access, Excel A full-featured spreadsheet for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. It can link many spreadsheets for consolidation and provides a wide variety of business graphics and charts for creating presentation materials. , Word, Windows and other common programs, frequency of use of information literacy tests of various kinds for incoming freshmen and transferees; percentage of colleges that require an information and/or computer literacy Understanding computers and related systems. It includes a working vocabulary of computer and information system components, the fundamental principles of computer processing and a perspective for how non-technical people interact with technical people. test for graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. , means of performance assessment for information literacy and other library science instructors, use of librarian (1) A person who works in the data library and keeps track of the tapes and disks that are stored and logged out for use. Also known as a "file librarian" or "media librarian." See data library. (2) See CA-Librarian. and instructor assessment forms; length of time spent in information literacy sessions, role of information literacy in student orientations and introductions, percentage of colleges that offer information literacy services trough Trough The stage of the economy's business cycle that marks the end of a period of declining business activity and the transition to expansion. a distance learning student orientation; percentage of colleges with a 0,1,2 or 3 credit information literacy course, plans to develop such courses, the cross listing of such courses; rate of requiring information literacy training within the context of a basic introductory English composition of other type of basic course; overall likelihood of adaptation of a format information literacy graduation requirement; current offerings and plans to offer an online information literacy course; percentage of colleges with librarians that serve on the curriculum committee; use of blogs, listservs, course management systems and social networking sites A Web site that provides a virtual community for people interested in a particular subject or just to "hang out" together. Members create their own online "profile" with biographical data, pictures, likes, dislikes and any other information they choose to post. for info literacy purposes; view of the English Department's performance in carrying out information literacy responsibilities; availability of and use of interactive info literacy tutorials; software programs used in developing tutorials; use of video tutorials; assessment of the library's role in student computer technology training; use of special "drop-in" sessions,; use of information literacy instructional labs, number of seats for such labs, capacity utilization Capacity Utilization measures the rate at which a firm makes use of their capital productive capacities, such as factories and machinery. Capacity Utilization generally rises when the economy is healthy and falls when demand softens. for the labs, age of the lab; forecast level of investment in technology, space, software and equipment for information literacy purposes over the next three years. Companies Mentioned: Alberta College of Art and Design (Canada) Asbury Theological Seminary Assiniboine Community College (Canada) Augustana College Barnard College Berkeley City College Butler University California Maritime Academy Cegep Granby Haute Yamaska (Canada) Centenary College of Louisiana Chestnut Hill College Cleveland State University College of the Desert Library College of the North Atlantic (Canada) College of the North Atlantic, Gander Campus (Canada) Columbia Gorge Community College Connors State College Gabriel Dumont Institute, Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program (SUNTEP) (Canada) Georgia Southern University Green River Community College Harrisburg Area Community College Hartford Seminary Library Hocking College Hutchinson Community College Indian River Community College Indiana University Kokomo International Academy of Design & Technology Isothermal Community College Library Ivy Tech Community College Judson University Library Kansas City Kansas Community College Kapiolani Community College Library King College Mississippi Valley State University Mount Allison University (Canada) Mount Saint Vincent University (Canada) Mt. Wachusett Community College Neumann College Library North Dakota State University Library Northcentral Technical College Oakton Community College Pacific Graduate School of Psychology Paradise Valley Community College Pfeiffer University Providence College Pulaski Technical College Queens University of Charlotte--Everett Library Queensborough Community College Southeastern Louisiana University Southern Maine Community College St. Ambrose University Library St. Bonaventure University SUNY College at Oswego, Penfield Library SUNY College of Technology Delhi Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Texas Christian University Thomas College Thomas Jefferson University University College of the Fraser Valley (Canada) University of Advancing Technology University of Idaho Library University of Maryland, Baltimore County University of Notre Dame University of Portland University of Rhode Island University of Southern Indiana University of Tennessee Chattanooga University of Texas at San Antonio Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library Utah State University Wartburg College York College of Pennsylvania For more information, visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c87308 |
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