Information Literacy Resources 

Information literacy, according to ACRL, is "a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information."

For more information about what information literacy is, see this page of definitions.

Information literacy is a crucial part of the General Education curriculum at Springfield College.

Here is a link to Springfield College's General Education Requirements (PDF).

Springfield College recieved a grant from the Davis Educational Foundation in 2007 to further information literacy in upper-level undergraduate science courses. Two groups of faculty in Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 have been integrating information literacy into their courses, with the help of librarians and faculty mentors.

Interested in becoming a part of this for the 2008-2009 academic year? Email Chris Bigelow (cbigelow@spfldcol.edu) or Bridget Gunn (bgunn@spfldcol.edu) for more information! 

All faculty are welcome to come to one of Babson Library's summer information literacy workshops!

• Learn how to intergrate information literacy skills into your classes and curriculum
• Develop information literacy assignments
• Collaborate with other faculty, exchange ideas and best practices!

Free lunch!!!

All workshops will be held in the Davis Center on the 2nd floor of the library, and run from 9:00am-2:30pm.

Dates:

• Tuesday, June 9th
• Thursday, August 27th

Call Chris Bigelow (x3848) or Bridget Gunn (x3503) for more information.

Hello, and welcome to the Information Literacy Resources for Faculty page! This is the central location from which you can get information about what information literacy is, why it's useful and how you can integrate it into your course curriculum.

Here, you can:

• Request in-class sessions for your classes with your library liaison.


• Get overview information about Springfield College's information literacy program.


• Browse a list of information literacy topics that faculty and librarians can share with students.
  


• Find and use informational literacy exercises developed by faculty and librarians here at Springfield College.


• Get in touch with your library liaison.


• View and share tutorials created to help you and your students use Babson Library's resources.


• Get information about assessment of information literacy.


• View the SC and national standards for information literacy. Includes outcomes.

Please don't hesitate to get in touch with either myself or your library liaison if you have any questions!

Want a librarian to come into your class to speak to your students?

• Click here to request a session if you're on the main (Springfield) campus.


• Click here to request a session if you're at one of our regional SHS campuses.
  


• Click here to see a selection of possible topics a librarian could cover for your students.

I'm on campus:
Sunday: 10am-6pm
Monday: 8am-4pm
Tuesday: 8am-4pm
Wednesday: 8am-3pm
Thursday: 8am-4pm

Please call or email to set up an appointment!