Measuring Learning Improvement of Information Literacy within a Discipline through Mixed Method Assessment

Abstract

While information literacy belongs to everyone, scattered throughout a curriculum, teaching faculty only have control of their individual courses. Librarians often partner with faculty to develop information literacy programs for specific disciplines, scaffolding skills throughout the curriculum. Using a case study of how an information literacy program was developed and assessed for an undergraduate business program as a guide, this presentation will engage participants, regardless of discipline, providing advice and strategies on forming partnerships between teaching faculty and librarians, forming an assessable information literacy program within any discipline, and developing a program of assessment that can be scaffolded within the curriculum.