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Partnering with Business Faculty for Information Literacy Instruction
Presented by LouAnn Blocker & Rod Bustos
October 5, 2012
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Dr. Catherine P. Slade
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Andrew Bruner
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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)
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Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Summer 2012 – administered pre and post tests
Continued instruction and opportunities for consultations.
Chronology (cont)
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3 demographics questions 5 questions on using library resources 3 internet use questions 4 citation/plagiarism questions 2 general information skills questions
Test questions
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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
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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
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LibGuide Stats (page hits)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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