Abstract
The authors discuss the plan for building an incremental, multi‐year information literacy program at the University of Rhode Island. Review of the current library instruction program leads to why and how they plan to change the program by focusing on the concepts of understanding what information is, in addition to learning how to gather, evaluate, and use information. The Draft Plan for Information Literacy at the University of Rhode Island Libraries addresses the information and research needs of undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty needs. The development of credit‐bearing courses in information literacy, the creation of information literacy modules for specific disciplines, and the Draft Plan for Information Literacy are discussed.
Highlights
The beginnings of a comprehensive plan for information literacy at the University of Rhode Island date to March 1998
The authors discuss the plan for building an incremental, multi-year information literacy program at the University of Rhode Island
A group of interested reference librarians met with the Vice Provost / Dean to address information literacy goals and to investigate how they could best be integrated into the curriculum
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Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lib_ts_pubs Part of the Library and Information Science Commons. MacDonald, Mary C.; Rathemacher, Andrée J.; and Burkhardt, Joanna M., "Challenges in Building an Incremental, Multi-Year Information Literacy Plan" (2000). This article is available at DigitalCommons@URI: http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lib_ts_pubs/2
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