New Learners, New Models: Cultivating an Information Literacy Program

Authors

Andrée J. Rathemacher, University of Rhode IslandFollow
Mary C. MacDonald, University of Rhode IslandFollow
Joanna M. Burkhardt, University of Rhode IslandFollow

Document Type

Article

Comments

Powerful Learning, Powerful Partnerships: Educating the University Community in a Dynamic Information Environment

Date of Original Version

11-12-1999

Abstract

Paper presented at the conference Powerful Learning, Powerful Partnerships: Educating the University Community in a Dynamic Information Environment, held at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa from November 11-12, 1999.

"In the following pages we discuss the origins of our plan for developing an information literacy program at the University of Rhode Island; review our current program of library instruction; provide a background of how we arrived at what we want to change and accomplish; outline the components of our Draft Plan for Information Literacy at the University of Rhode Island, and discuss the development and content of the two credit-generating courses in information literacy that we have taught."