Strengthening connections between information literacy, general education, and assessment efforts.

From: Library Trends | Date: September 22, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS have a long and rich tradition of collaborating with discipline-based faculty members to advance the mission and goals of the library. Included in this tradition is the area of information literacy, a foundation skill for academic success and a key component of independent, lifelong learning. With the rise of the general education reform movement on many campuses resurfacing in the last decade, libraries have been able to move beyond course-integrated library instruction into a formal planning role for general education programmatic offerings. This article shows the ...

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