Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
2013
Disciplines
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Higher Education | Information Literacy | Library and Information Science
Description, Abstract, or Artist's Statement
At Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, where the academic calendar consists of trimesters, all first-year students enroll in a year-long sequence of three "Liberal Studies First Year" (LSFY) courses, which are taught by faculty from a variety of disciplines. LSFY emphasizes core competencies in reading, writing, oral communication, and information literacy.
Since 2011, the Augustana librarians have been using performance-based assessment to evaluate their work with LSFY classes. This qualitative approach, which encourages real-life application of skills, has proven well-suited to an information literacy program in which concepts carry more weight than the mechanics of searching. Each term, the librarians identify one of more skill(s) from the first-year information literacy skills matrix, and then design a performance-based assessment targeted to that skill(s).
Augustana Digital Commons Citation
Bluemle, Stefanie R.; Makula, Amanda Y.; and Rogal, Margaret W.. "Concept/Context: Information Literacy and Assessment in the First Year" (2013). Library and Information Science: Faculty Scholarship & Creative Works.
https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/libscifaculty/7
Creative Commons License
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Comments
Poster presented at the National Resource Center’s 32nd Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience, Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando, FL. 25 Feb. 2013.