Instructional Resources for Faculty
Credo Instruct Modules - These videos, tutorials, and quizzes give students a foundation in information literacy and critical thinking.
Research Videos and How-tos - Research Tips, product help, and other library resources.
IL Resources - Simpson faculty have identified resources that instructors can use when teaching Information Literacy courses. These resources are also useful for instructors requiring students to use library resources even if the course does not have an IL designation.
Individual and group appointments - For big projects or specialized research, librarians are available to work one-on-one and with groups.
Instruction Menu - Do you or your students need help with specific research areas? Contact the librarians to have classroom or one-on-one instruction on growing and varied areas of information literacy.
Questions to Consider Before Meeting With a Research Librarian About Your IL Course - A list of questions and assignment options to prepare for a meeting with a Research Librarian - whether teaching an IL course or course/discipline research.
Research Assistance Center - The best place to start researching a project. Working in collaboration with staff in CARs, the Research Assistance Center is one piece in the seamless approach to effective research.
Recommended Dunn Library Information Literacy Resources - All resources are located in the Research Assistance Center located by the computer lab.
Research Guides Wondering where to start researching a project? These are a great place to begin; journal databases and scholarly websites are available in each area.
Sample Assignments - The approaches to meeting Information Literacy goals are unique to the discipline, course, assignment and instructor preferences. The librarians will work in collaboration with faculty to fulfill the information literacy needs of the students by helping in creating relevant assignments. Here are some examples of assignments.
Do's and Dont's of Assignment Creation - Remember these tips when creating your assignments.
Information Literacy @Simpson College
Simpson College General Education - Beginning in the fall of 2011, Simpson College transitioned to a new approach to the foundational liberal arts component of the Simpson Experience. Students need to complete coursework in seven different embedded skills. One embedded skill is Information Literacy.
Simpson Colloquium - An introductory college course that seeks to integrate new students into academic culture focused on engaged citizenship during their first semester on campus.
Theories of Information Literacy
ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education - Provides standards for assessing the information literate individual.
Standards, Performance Indicators, and Outcomes - There are five main standards that also list a range of outcomes for creating an assessment of student progress toward information literacy.
Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education - Based on a cluster of interconnected core concepts, with flexible options for implementation, rather than on a set of standards or learning outcomes, or any prescriptive enumeration of skills.
ACRL Framework for Information Literacy Toolkit for more information.
Subject Specific Information Literacy Standards
Anthropology and Sociology Information Literacy Standards - Map the ACRL general Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education into the subjects of anthropology and sociology.
Psychology Information Literacy Standards - Map the ACRL general Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education into the domain of Psychology.
Teacher Education Literacy Standards - Map the ACRL general Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education into the domain of Education.
Assessment Rubrics
VALUE: Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education - Information Literacy VALUE Rubric - Developed to evaluate a collection of work to demonstrate student's information literacy skills.
Information Literacy Value Rubric - (pdf). Reprinted with permission from Assessing Outcomes and Improving Achievement: Tips and tools for Using Rubrics, edited by Terrel L. Rhodes. Copyright 2010 by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, updated 2013.
Developing a “One Size Fits Most” Library Instruction Assessment Tool - From the University of Chicago Library, creating an assessment program for library instruction. Expands on pre/post tests and rubrics.
Assessment Tools - Instruction Clearninghouse - From Virginia Tech Library, focus is placed on assessment tools for library sessions, including one-shot visits.
Assessing the Assessment: One Academic Library’s First-Year Journey into Curriculum-Integrated Information Literacy Instruction - Reflections on the creation of a library assessment plan. Includes future ideas for revisions to the program.
Polls and Surveys for Assessments
Google Drive - To create forms and surveys.