Professors are often displeased with the research and synthesis of thought demonstrated in
many of their students' research papers. One way to address this problem is by rewording …

Assessment in institutions of higher education is being driven by demands for accountability
from legislators, trustees, and accrediting agencies. These assessment efforts are now …

Using information literacy as the unifying framework, the library and academic advising
departments collaborated to develop student outreach activities which promote student …

Managing a library instruction program at a small liberal‐arts college has many challenges.
Programs at such institutions often have limited financial resources and are maintained …

The increasing popularity of rubrics to assess student learning outcomes in the information
literacy classroom is evident within library and information science literature. However, there …

This review, in examining both the library and education literatures, explores two challenges
currently facing many higher education faculty, librarians, and administrators: how one …

Purpose The purpose of the present study was to examine the outcomes of more
collaborative library information literacy instruction for international English-as-a-Second …

One of my colleagues is a quiet, diminutive lady, who might call up the notion of Marion the
Librarian. When she meets people at parties and identifies herself, they sometimes say …

Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning (Chicago: American library
Association, 1998) should be in widespread use in library media centers throughout the …

Studies about the assessment of information literacy instruction have reported the use of
specific grading criteria, also known as rubrics, to evaluate students' responses. Rubrics can …