About Information Literacy – Integrated & Embedded Services

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Integrated Services

Integrated programs provide an opportunity to relate information literacy skill building to specific course contexts. They are created in consultation with faculty or TAs and address discipline-specific research issues. The integrated program includes one-shot course integrated sessions.

One-shot Course-integrated

At the request of teaching faculty who may have a predetermined assignment, Librarians provide instruction sessions or develop tools emphasizing a particular information literacy competency or competencies.

Examples currently in practice at UG

This is the most commonly used model. Examples are numerous.

Embedded Services

Embedded services include collaborative initiatives with individual faculty, courses, departments, and curriculum committees that build learning tools and supports directly into the curriculum. The embedded program includes for credit courses entirely focused on information literacy skills and initiatives in which information literacy skills are intentionally designed and embedded within course and curriculum frameworks.

For Credit Course

In some instances, librarians offer an optional for credit information literacy course that focuses on using the library and developing research skills. This is a semester course taken for credit. It could be general in nature or discipline specific.

Examples currently in practice at UG:

MCS 2020 — Information Management

Faculty Collaboration

Librarians often meet with faculty during the planning process for a new course or for an assignment. They provide advice and input into decisions on the methods and goals used to integrate information literacy into a specific curriculum, course, or research assignment. Faculty then decides which model of delivery is best for their class. Information literacy content is completely integrated into the course and learning outcomes are reflected in the syllabus. Assignments are developed that develop specific IL skills.