This document summarizes a presentation on information literacy instruction at a university. It discusses academics, faculty, enrollment numbers, programs offered, and collaboration between librarians and a management professor to develop information literacy assessments and instruction sessions for undergraduate and graduate business courses. Pre and post-tests show that students' comfort with library resources and ability to find information improved after the instruction.

1. Presented by LouAnn Blocker & Rod Bustos
October 5, 2012

4.  Academics
◦ More than 50 programs of study leading to
associate, bachelor, master, and specialist degrees,
as well as a paralegal certificate and cooperative
doctorate.
 Faculty and Staff
◦ Over 200 full-time faculty,
◦ Full-time staff, approximately 300.
 Total enrollment: Approximately 6,900
students

5. Enrollment
Full Time Enrollment, Undergraduate 1,081
Full Time Enrollment, Masters 77
Part Time Enrollment, Undergraduate 549
Part Time Enrollment, Masters 119
Field/Discipline Full-Time Part-Time Evenings and weekends
Accounting X X X
CIS / MIS X X X
Finance – incl X X X
banking
Management X X X
Marketing X X X

6.  Working on improving writing and research
skills of their students
 Upper division theory of management course
added a term paper to requirements

7.  LouAnn met Dr. Slade at new faculty
breakfast (2010) and this led to discussions
and ideas for collaboration.
 Spring 2011: 2 instruction sessions for Dr.
Slade’s MGMT 3500 section – one for group
article assignment and one for term paper,
plus consultation opportunities
 Fall 2011: Course LibGuide launched

8.  Fall 2011: Rod began working with graduate
students in MGMT6510 (Managerial
Leadership) and BUSA6950 (Healthcare Policy
and Ethics)
 Fall 2011: Launched LibGuides for both
classes
 Fall 2011: Instruction session for BUSA6950;
research assistance by appt for MGMT6510
 Spring 2012: added MGMT 3540 to
instruction and testing

9.  Summer 2011: Blocker, Bustos & Slade
collaborated on developing an information
literacy pre and post test
 Conducted literature review of business
information literacy assessment projects
 Adapted a test developed by Cooney and
Hiris and obtained permission to use their
work

10.  Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Summer 2012 –
administered pre and post tests
 Continued instruction and opportunities for
consultations.

11.  3 demographics questions
 5 questions on using library resources
 3 internet use questions
 4 citation/plagiarism questions
 2 general information skills questions

12.  Comfort levels rose.
 Number of students who have never used the
library for assignments fell to zero.
 Number who used library databases for
assignments doubled.
 Number asking for help in-person or by email
from the Reference department rose by 1/3.
 Number who used library databases from
home rose by 1/3.

13.  Students already familiar with style manuals
 Little change in fair use/citing requirements
 Library print resource use
 Use of the internet to find resources
 Asking for help from library staff to choose a
database

15.  LouAnn (undergraduate)
Finding Citation Topic Scholarly Totals
Resources Help Help vs
Popular
In- 8 4 4 0 16
Person
Email 54 3 14 3 74
 Rod (graduate)
Finding Citation Topic Scholarly Totals
Resources Help Help vs
Popular
In- 7 0 8 0 15
Person
Email 14 1 5 0 20

16.  Keep your eyes and ears open for
collaboration opportunities
 Designing assessment activities is not
difficult
 Enlist help from others to tabulate and
analyze data
 What you do makes a difference!

17.  Undergraduate LibGuides
◦ http://guides.aug.edu/mgmt3500
◦ http://guides.aug.edu/mgmt3540
 Graduate LibGuides
◦ http://guides.aug.edu/mgmt6510
◦ http://guides.aug.edu/busa6950

18.  Cooney, Martha. “Business Information
Literacy Instruction: a survey and progress
report.” Journal of Business and Finance
Librarianship 11(1) 2005: 3-25.
 Cooney, Martha and Lorene Hiris. “Integrating
information literacy and its assessment into a
graduate business course: a collaborative
framework.” Research Strategies 19
(2008):213-232.

19.  Detlor, Brian et al. “Learning outcomes of
information literacy instruction at business
schools.” Journal of the American Society for
Information Science and Technology March
2011: 572-585.
 O’Connor, Lisa G. et al. “Assessing
Information Literacy skills: developing a
standardized instrument for institutional and
longitudinal measurement.” ACRL Tenth
National Conference, March 15-18, 2001.

20.  LouAnn Blocker (lblocke1@aug.edu)
 Rod Bustos (rbustos2@aug.edu)