Creative Collaboration: Developing a Partnership with an Academic Advisor to Promote Information Literacy and Student Success

Abstract

Using information literacy as the unifying framework, the library and academic advising departments collaborated to develop student outreach activities which promote student success. Specifically, this partnership led to sharing a Facebook page, participating in a First Year Seminar program, and evaluating the qualitative and quantitative correlation between information literacy test scores and academic standing. Although each department could have embarked on these projects on their own, their alliance produced more in-depth initiatives and made a greater difference in students’ lives.