Collection

2012 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

J. A. Rozzi-Ochs; C. J. Egelhoff; H.V. Jackson; S. Zelmanowitz

literacyskills in the curriculum, the development of relevant performance indicators, and steps taken tocollect and analyze this assessment data are presented. Analysis of student performance to datebased on assessment rubrics is also presented.Introduction According to the Final Report of the American Library Association Presidential Committeeon Information Literacy1, Information Literacy (IL) is defined as “an individual’s ability to knowwhen there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, synthesize, evaluate, andeffectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand.” IL knowledge and skill havebeen identified as critical components to gathering and using information. For the past decade,librarians have aggregated