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Assessing Library Skills: A First Step to Information Literacy

Author(s) -

Joanna Burkhardt

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

portal libraries and the academy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.015

H-Index - 38

eISSN - 1531-2542

pISSN - 1530-7131

DOI - 10.1353/pla.2007.0002

Subject(s) - information literacy , test (biology) , class (philosophy) , mathematics education , plan (archaeology) , library instruction , literacy , psychology , medical education , pedagogy , computer science , medicine , artificial intelligence , paleontology , history , archaeology , biology

As part of the University of Rhode Island Libraries' "Comprehensive Plan for Information Literacy," a three-credit class in the skills and concepts of information literacy was first offered in the fall of 1999. More than 1,000 undergraduate students have taken the class since that time. A pre-test was given at the beginning of each semester, followed up by a post-test at the end. The pre- and post-test results were analyzed to determine: (1) whether students improved their test scores over the course of the semester, (2) which concepts and skills students mastered, and (3) where the course might need revision and/or improvement. Analysis showed that skills were acquired and/or improved overall.

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