The project’ focused on developing a research plan for documenting the impacts of information literacy instruction on basic skills students and continuing assessment efforts by supporting collaborations between library faculty and discipline faculty. The basic skills research, later named Pre-College Information Literacy Research (PILR), was conducted over multiple years of the grant period. Each year, mini-grants encouraged library faculty to focus on different areas of information literacy. Full-day workshops were designed to support major themes each year, and in summer of year three (2011), a modified ACRL Immersion program was offered to re-establish base knowledge among CTC librarians. Additional focused projects engaged library faculty in developing tools and resources to serve all CTC libraries.
From 2009 to 2012, library and discipline faculty from Washington State Community and Technical Colleges participated in a grant-funded project to document the impacts of library instruction on basic skills students. Over three years, the project engaged 44 library and discipline faculty teams to design, implement, and assess information literacy assignments in ABE, ESL, and developmental education classes. Each team was free to design instruction appropriate to its needs, but assignments were required to address a common set of assessable student learning outcomes and use a common rubric. Over at least three quarters each, teams collected and reported data on student achievement of information literacy outcomes. The resulting data was compared with statewide data for similar students. The findings suggest that participation in the PILR project resulted in considerably greater progress and achievement as measured by student achievement points. Discipline faculty also reported that the assessment and improvement process in partnership with library faculty benefitted their teaching and their students.
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The LMDC has received LSTA funding to continue IL activities from 2008-2012. Washington State community and technical college libraries who have agreed to participate will engage in the following activities:
Participating Colleges 2008-2012 & Grant Summary
Grant Report for 2003-2008 - documents findings and activities over 5 years of information literacy efforts at the Washington Community and Technical Colleges. |
*Activities are contingent upon continued LSTA funding provided through the State Library.
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