Conference Session

Forum on Collaborative Information Literacy Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Honora Nerz, North Carolina State University; Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

technology and the ability to retrieve information arethe same skill sets. In fact, they are not.”10 Students’ inflated sense of confidence can evencajole faculty (especially those who aren’t as comfortable with information technologies) intobelieving that they are already experts in this arena. Page 11.1309.4Changing Expectations Historically, the acquisition of information skills has been something that was on theperiphery of the curriculum – for example, a paper or other research project might be assigned inclass, but when it came to actually doing the associated research, students would often beexpected to figure it out on their own. As

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Reid, Pennsylvania State University-Wilkes-Barre

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

and saying “Fellas’ I am the truth, I’ll tell you what you are doingright and I’ll tell you when you’re making mistakes. Every team member knows right up frontthat not only will I tell them the truth-but I will do so as soon as possible,”(Krzyzewski &Phillips, 2000, p.75). This straight forward approach eliminates possible excuses or negativeadjustments. This can be is a valuable approach, because now your staff members know exactlywhere you stand-always with the truth. As simple as it may seem, the problem may fall back onthe manager (librarian or coach) because it only works as long as they are consistent and fair.The test occurs when a project sequence (library) or game plan (coach) goes wrong (assumingthe task is executed correctly

Conference Session

Assessment of Information Literacy Programs for Engineers

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alysia Starkey, Kansas State University-Salina; Jung Oh, Kansas State University-Salina; Judith Collins, Kansas State University-Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University-Salina

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

information, and cannot critically evaluate the information they retrieve”3.In 2001, faculty/librarian collaborators at X University at Y, including a chemistry professor, anEnglish professor, and two librarians, met regularly to learn more about information fluency, andto coordinate instruction across the English curriculum, including technical writing. Thisfaculty/ librarian group applied for a regional fellowship in 2005, to support collaboration onresearch or teaching projects and expand networks of professional colleagues at other regionalinstitutions. Two University of X instructional and one subject librarian (chemistry) participated,as well as two teaching faculty, one from English and one from American Studies.The resulting discussions