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OPSU McKee Library Presents

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Grant funding provided by AT&T

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The Participating Universities

� Cameron University (Lawton)

� East Central University (Ada)

� Langston University (Langston)� Northeastern State University (Tahlequah)

� Northwestern OK State University (Alva)

� OK Panhandle State University (Goodwell)

� Southeastern OK State University (Durant)

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Information Literacy Defined

� Information literacyis a set of abilitiesrequiring individuals

to "recognize wheninformation isneeded and have theability to locate,

evaluate, and useeffectively theneeded information."

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� Information literacy forms the

basis for lifelong learning.� It is common to all disciplines, to

all learning environments, and

to all levels of education.

� It enables learners to master

content and extend their

investigations, become more

self-directed, and assumegreater control over their own

learning.

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� Developing lifelonglearners is central to the

mission of highereducation institutions.

� Because informationliteracy augments

students competencywith evaluating,managing, and usinginformation, it is nowconsidered by several

regional and discipline-based accreditationassociations as a keyoutcome for collegestudents.

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� SAILS is a standardized web based test with

multiple-choice questions targeting a varietyof information literacy skills.

� Results are compared with data from peer

institutions throughout the United States.

https://www.projectsails.org/

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� The SAILS test items are based on the ACRL

Information Literacy Competency Standardsfor Higher Education. Use of these standards

maximizes the ability of the instrument to be

used by a wide variety of academic

institutions for internal and external

benchmarking.

http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/issues/infolit/overview/intro/index.cfm

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Information Literacy Assessment

� Determine the extent of information needed

� Access the needed information effectively andefficiently

�

Evaluate information and its sources critically� Incorporate selected information into ones knowledge

base

� Use information effectively to accomplish a specificpurpose

� Understand the economic, legal, and social issuessurrounding the use of information, and access and useinformation ethically and legally

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Incoming Freshmen Tested - 1028

SAI

LS Skill Sets Tested1. Developing a Research Strategy

2. Selecting Finding Tools

3. Searching

4. Using Finding Tools Features

5. Retrieving Sources

6. Evaluating Sources

7. Documenting Sources

8. Understanding Economic, Legal, and Social

Issues

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OPSU Students Scored Lowest in These

Five Areas:

Retrieving Sources

Selecting Finding Tools

Understanding Economic, Legal, and Social Issues

Searching

Using Finding Tools Features

�OPSU Incoming Freshmen had the same skillsset problems as the other 6 institutions.

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Where do we go from here?

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