UCLA College Library Services for Instructors

Information Literacy (IL)* Help!

Are your students using web pages indiscriminately for research papers and not citing their sources?

Do you spend a lot of time with them, one by one, helping them learn how to do information research, how to think critically about information sources, and how to use information effectively and ethically?

You can save time and help your students become information literate by working with librarians.

Librarians can…

Teach an IL class session as a guest speaker.
Develop and teach a 1-unit information literacy course as an adjunct to your course.
Work with you to enhance your syllabus by creating or adapting IL assignments and exercises designed to support your course goals and curriculum.
Answer information research questions on your class discussion board.
Make half-hour one-on-one research appointments with your students.
Develop an information resources web page for your class.

We already offer…

English Composition 123: 1-unit adjunct IL course (offered each quarter—enrollment open to all undergrads; assignments may be tailored to support your course assignments) <http://www2.library.ucla.edu/service/6370.cfm>
College Library online help:
- “Bruin Success With Less Stress” (online tutorial re plagiarism and documentation) <http://www.library.ucla.edu/bruinsuccess/>
- “Road to Research” (online information literacy tutorial; students may log on and have their pretest and quiz scores recorded for instructors to view) <http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/library/>
- How-to Guides, exercises & checklists in paper and online <http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/guides.htm>
- A list of IL assignment ideas <http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/instructors/strategies.htm>
- A description of IL teaching modules for guest sessions <http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/instructors/modules.htm>
- “Research Paper Planner” <http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/classes/fsp-tsp/researchpaperCL2.html>
- Sample Web Pages for Classes <http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/services/student.html>

Contact: Miki Goral, Information Literacy Outreach Coordinator
Email: miki@library.ucla.edu
Phone: 310-825-5096

*Information literacy = ability to identify, locate, evaluate & use information effectively & ethically.

(See Resolution on information literacy, adopted by the statewide UC Academic Council’s University Committee on Library and the statewide UC Academic Council in 2003. <http://www.ucop.edu/lauc/president/ucol-il-res.doc>

More on information literacy: “Information Literacy in a Nutshell: Basic Information for Academic Administrators and Faculty” <http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/acrlinfolit/infolitoverview/infolitforfac/infolitfaculty.htm>