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Find out how a program of targeted instruction and research consultation-- with pre- and post-tests for comparison-- improved business students' information literacy skills. Presented at GaCOMO12 by LouAnn Blocker and Rod Bustos.
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Partnering with Business Faculty for Information Literacy Instruction
Presented by LouAnn Blocker & Rod Bustos
October 5, 2012
Dr. Catherine P. Slade
Andrew Bruner
Academics◦ More than 50 programs of study leading to
associate, bachelor, master, and specialist degrees, as well as a paralegal certificate and cooperative doctorate.
Faculty and Staff◦ Over 200 full-time faculty, ◦ Full-time staff, approximately 300.
Total enrollment: Approximately 6,900 students
Augusta State University
Enrollment
Full Time Enrollment, Undergraduate 1,081
Full Time Enrollment, Masters 77
Part Time Enrollment, Undergraduate 549
Part Time Enrollment, Masters 119
Hull College of Business
Field/Discipline
Full-Time
Part-Time Evenings and weekends
Accounting X X X
CIS / MIS X X X
Finance – incl banking
X X X
Management X X X
Marketing X X X
Working on improving writing and research skills of their students
Upper division theory of management course added a term paper to requirements
Hull College of Business
LouAnn met Dr. Slade at new faculty breakfast (2010) and this led to discussions and ideas for collaboration.
Spring 2011: 2 instruction sessions for Dr. Slade’s MGMT 3500 section – one for group article assignment and one for term paper, plus consultation opportunities
Fall 2011: Course LibGuide launched
Chronology
Fall 2011: Rod began working with graduate students in MGMT6510 (Managerial Leadership) and BUSA6950 (Healthcare Policy and Ethics)
Fall 2011: Launched LibGuides for both classes
Fall 2011: Instruction session for BUSA6950; research assistance by appt for MGMT6510
Spring 2012: added MGMT 3540 to instruction and testing
Chronology (cont)
Summer 2011: Blocker, Bustos & Slade collaborated on developing an information literacy pre and post test
Conducted literature review of business information literacy assessment projects
Adapted a test developed by Cooney and Hiris and obtained permission to use their work
Chronology (cont)
Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Summer 2012 – administered pre and post tests
Continued instruction and opportunities for consultations.
Chronology (cont)
3 demographics questions 5 questions on using library resources 3 internet use questions 4 citation/plagiarism questions 2 general information skills questions
Test questions
Comfort levels rose. Number of students who have never used
the library for assignments fell to zero. Number who used library databases for
assignments doubled. Number asking for help in-person or by
email from the Reference department rose by 1/3.
Number who used library databases from home rose by 1/3.
Significant positives in test results
Students already familiar with style manuals Little change in fair use/citing requirements Library print resource use Use of the internet to find resources Asking for help from library staff to choose a
database
Neutral or little change
LibGuide Stats (page hits)
LouAnn (undergraduate)
Rod (graduate)
Email and In-Person Consults
Finding Resources
Citation Help
Topic Help
Scholarly vs Popular
Totals
In-Person
8 4 4 0 16
Email 54 3 14 3 74
Finding Resources
Citation Help
Topic Help
Scholarly vs Popular
Totals
In-Person
7 0 8 0 15
Email 14 1 5 0 20
Keep your eyes and ears open for collaboration opportunities
Designing assessment activities is not difficult
Enlist help from others to tabulate and analyze data
What you do makes a difference!
Conclusions
Undergraduate LibGuides◦ http://guides.aug.edu/mgmt3500◦ http://guides.aug.edu/mgmt3540
Graduate LibGuides◦ http://guides.aug.edu/mgmt6510◦ http://guides.aug.edu/busa6950
Relevant Links
Cooney, Martha. “Business Information Literacy Instruction: a survey and progress report.” Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship 11(1) 2005: 3-25.
Cooney, Martha and Lorene Hiris. “Integrating information literacy and its assessment into a graduate business course: a collaborative framework.” Research Strategies 19 (2008):213-232.
Bibliography
Detlor, Brian et al. “Learning outcomes of information literacy instruction at business schools.” Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology March 2011: 572-585.
O’Connor, Lisa G. et al. “Assessing Information Literacy skills: developing a standardized instrument for institutional and longitudinal measurement.” ACRL Tenth National Conference, March 15-18, 2001.
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