Grant Recipients
2012 - 2013 Information Fluency Grants
- Keith Dayton (Kelley School of Business) - X220: Strategic Business Career Planning
- Mary Embry (Apparel Merchandising & Interior Design) - R404: International Textiles and Apparel Trade
- David Kehoe (Biology) - L211: Molecular Biology
- Marla Sandys (Criminal Justice) - P290: The Nature of Inquiry
2011 - 2012 Information Fluency Grants
C494: Problems in Classical Studies
Bridget Balint (Classical Studies)
Catherine Minter (IU Libraries)
Chanitra Bishop (IU Libraries)
C494 is the undergraduate capstone course in Classical Studies. The main research project in the course required students to evaluate the classicism of an artifact, genre, or period from a contemporary point of view. To assist students with this process, the librarians introduced the students to a variety of subject specific and general library resources.
M464: Content Area Reading
James Damico (School of Education)
Gwen Pershing (IU Libraries)
Chanitra Bishop (IU Libraries)
M464 is a required course for secondary education majors. The major course project required students to research and analyze a complex, multi-faceted issue. The librarians involved in this grant, assisted students with developing research questions and locating and organizing library sources.
X220: Strategic Business Career Planning
Keith Dayton (Kelley School of Business)
Christina Sheley (IU Libraries)
Carrie Donovan (IU Libraries)
Focusing on real-world outcomes, this project resulted in incorporating research skills into two courses (X220 and X420) in order to teach students how to do company research prior to a job interview. Interviews with corporate recruiters to find out specifically what they expect students to know when going into a job interview ensured the relevance of content. In addition, concepts and ideas gathered during focus groups with former X220 and X420 students were used as a means to discover the students’ prior library research experience and their insights regarding the potential for these two courses to be vehicles for information literacy education. Since its revision, X220 builds information seeking, evaluation, and use into the course through in-person learning experiences and self-paced online modules.
“I have worked with the library over a period of years and know the high skill level they bring. What was incredible was the depth at which Christina contributed with the materials she provided and the high level of expertise that she brought – that would include the research elements, focus groups and technology that she added.” –Keith Dayton
S311: Introduction to Research Methods
Lisa Gershkoff (Speech & Hearing)
Brian Winterman (IU Libraries)
DeLoice Holliday (IU Libraries)
The instructor for this course collaborated with librarians to lead students through the process of designing and carrying out speech and hearing experiments related to memory. Information literacy principles were incorporated at each step, particularly those regarding literature organization in the sciences, distinguishing between document types, and supporting research with literature.
R160: Foundations of Leisure
Rasul Mowatt (HPER)
Carrie Donovan (IU Libraries)
R160 is a large course, enrolling HPER majors and non-majors. The course incorporates research throughout the stages of a final “progressive” essay in which students gather and use only scholarly sources to complete a final research paper. Student learning of the research process and understanding of the libraries’ resources is measured through a pre- and post-test, as well as a reflective writing assignment in which students describe their experience with research, what they learned, and what they will do differently next time.
“The benefits of working with a librarian in a repeated fashion allows for more detailed “imagining” when designing a study, structuring the scales, conducting the research, and teaching the course. Having the library intimately involved in the workings of courses should be the future direction for all general education courses.” –Rasul Mowatt
C105: The Psychopharmacology of Herbal Medications
Philip Quirk (Human Biology)
Brian Winterman (IU Libraries)
Fulfilling the “critical approaches” category in the College, this course had a fairly even distribution of students from freshmen to seniors from many different majors. The librarian and instructor collaborated to teach basic principles of science and science information, with a particular focus on evaluating the validity and authority of information about herbal medicines and remedies.
T142: Living Well
William Ramos (HPER)
Carrie Donovan (IU Libraries)
In a class that encourages students to focus on their own wellness by asking questions about what they know and read, T142 is an ideal vehicle for information literacy education. The course begins by introducing students to health-related claims made in a variety of types of sources. Students are taught to ask questions, seek evidence, and understand credibility of various sources, from print to multi-media. Toward the culmination of the course, students begin to use scholarly sources and their understanding of how the information in these sources is developed, reviewed, and disseminated is enhanced by their prior knowledge.
“The greatest benefit of this project was the chance to brainstorm with people who truly understand, and are excited about, empowering students to use information. As a result of this project, I will continue to find ways to weave the concept of informational fluency and research into all my classes as a way to enhance the goals.” –Bill Ramos
