[Web4lib] Information literacy requirments

[Stacey Kimmel-Smith]

I wonder if anyone has tried to package information literacy (as it 
tends to be defined in libraries) with computing literacy. By computing 
literacy I don't mean learning about specific software so much as 
educating our students about being good/informed computer citizens 
(privacy/security, ethics, legal issues, etc).

Early in the tenure of my current position I explored this idea, but it 
didn't "take."

Stacey Kimmel-Smith
Team Leader, Student and General Services
Lehigh University


>>> Alma Garcia wrote:
>>>
>>>> We are re-evaluating our current Information literacy requirement for all
>>>> entering students and are wondering what, if anything , is being  used in
>>>> higher education.  We currently require all entering student to  take an
>>>> online class that has a tutorial based on Searchpath as well as Office 2007
>>>> Level 1 for Word, PowerPoint and Excel.  Students must pass the associated
>>>> assessments with a score of 70% or higher to fulfill the requirements.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> You may need to share your definition of information literacy and the
>>> goals of your requirement.  My first reaction is that basic familiarity with
>>> one office suite is not the same as information literacy.
>>>
>>>
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>>> Thomas Dowling
>>> tdowling at ohiolink.edu
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>> C.L. Kiess, B.A., M.L.S.
>> Information & Knowledge Specialist
>> Columbus Regional Hospital
>> Library & Knowledge Services
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