tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37435204.comments2024-03-27T11:05:54.818-04:00LILAC GroupJanice R. Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380707431489308276noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37435204.post-16301069281454694572013-11-05T11:39:14.007-05:002013-11-05T11:39:14.007-05:00Wish you were going to join us in Ft. Lauderdale, ...Wish you were going to join us in Ft. Lauderdale, Leigh Ann! However, I look forward to presenting with you and Katt Blackwell-Starnes on LILAC at the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) in Indianapolis in March! janice.walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17602087218695899603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37435204.post-74050554887546244512013-11-05T11:14:09.293-05:002013-11-05T11:14:09.293-05:00I know the presentation will be great! The "c...I know the presentation will be great! The "chit-chat" format for this weekend's conference is interesting, too! I'm glad to be a part of LILAC!Leigh Ann Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08422068696369497773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37435204.post-88800979186223683412013-01-08T14:08:20.145-05:002013-01-08T14:08:20.145-05:00Let's hope we can entice them to return next y...Let's hope we can entice them to return next year for another update!Speaking of next year, save the date! September 20-21, 2013 at the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah. This will be our 10th anniversary, so expect to party! See you there.<br /><br /><a href="http://phlebotomytrainingpro.net/georgia/" rel="nofollow">phlebotomy education georgia</a>phlebotomisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05064342768057730274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37435204.post-87456754837721085472009-12-24T09:39:32.681-05:002009-12-24T09:39:32.681-05:00You're right--this is worth a read. And these...You're right--this is worth a read. And these behaviors are what I'm seeing with my first-year students, even though I've gone through lots of info on researching with them. Thanks for posting this, Kyle!Janice R. Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380707431489308276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37435204.post-5669133842412605182009-11-12T11:42:08.298-05:002009-11-12T11:42:08.298-05:00Kyle, this is very exciting! I see so many possib...Kyle, this is very exciting! I see so many possibilities here.Janice R. Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380707431489308276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37435204.post-36776261634998862072009-08-12T08:25:20.378-04:002009-08-12T08:25:20.378-04:00Hi, Margaret. We're happy to have you read al...Hi, Margaret. We're happy to have you read along, and of course we'd be happy for any comments or feedback you might have as well!Janice R. Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380707431489308276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37435204.post-62759921561562697872009-07-10T09:18:56.792-04:002009-07-10T09:18:56.792-04:00Hello, Beth, and welcome! I look forward to meeti...Hello, Beth, and welcome! I look forward to meeting you in person at the Conference!Janice R. Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380707431489308276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37435204.post-65588497751640258282009-07-07T09:53:27.861-04:002009-07-07T09:53:27.861-04:00Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself. I am Be...Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself. I am Beth Martin the Instructional Technology Librarian at Johnson C. Smith University. I am on the information literacy team and I am very excited about this group.<br /><br />We recently hosted 2 focus groups (on the library in general) and received some good feedback from our students. We also plan to include faculty in this process. We also created a new curriculum for our Freshman Orientation. The Orientation will focus on information literacy through the lens of "The History of JCSU". We are very excited this 1 hour course was approved. Keep your fingers crossed. We are experimenting with new 2.0 and online instruction as well as traditional classroom work. <br /><br />If you have any suggestions please let me know and I look forward to meeting you in Savannah.B4https://www.blogger.com/profile/10632387854822797629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37435204.post-27839414684493634952009-05-15T12:19:00.000-04:002009-05-15T12:19:00.000-04:00Hi! I'm behind... Any ideas about linking the LILA...Hi! I'm behind... Any ideas about linking the LILAC survey with some other surveys - like... anything going on a Project Information Literacy that could be useful? http://projectinfolit.org/about/Ilene Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220242531828905127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37435204.post-16825691582123645512009-05-13T10:10:00.000-04:002009-05-13T10:10:00.000-04:00I can't wait to see your results and your manuscri...I can't wait to see your results and your manuscript!Janice R. Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380707431489308276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37435204.post-72159783963500915992009-04-06T19:31:00.000-04:002009-04-06T19:31:00.000-04:00Introduction and what I'm working on...Thanks for ...<B>Introduction and what I'm working on...</B><BR/><BR/>Thanks for the welcome, Janice! <BR/><BR/>I’ve been working on information literacy in one way or another for over 10 years, first as a librarian and now a tech comm. instructor. As a librarian, I taught a 1-credit “library instruction” course, worked with faculty in a variety of disciplines to integrate IL into their courses, and worked on a few assessment projects. One—about 10 years ago when I first joined the library at ASU’s west campus was a IL and technology self-assessment test given to incoming students. Another was a pre- and post-survey in a junior-level career development course intended to evaluate how well integrating library instruction sessions into instruction helped students with finding and evaluating sources. <BR/><BR/>After moving to ASU’s Polytechnic campus, I started teaching an information-based course for the Multimedia Writing & Tech Comm Program and then switched to being full-time faculty about 5 years ago. Initially, I was hired to work on developing an information track and to integrate IL into the Program’s curriculum. We did that by merging the ACRL IL standards with the WPA outcomes statement and then mapping outcomes to each of our courses. We now use outcomes and our course map for curriculum development and assessment. <BR/><BR/>We’ve taken this approach for several reasons. Based on my experience as a librarian and writing instructor, I agree that current approaches aren’t working very well. Over time, I’ve also been influenced heavily by Carol Kuhlthau’s research on the information search process and the parallels to the writing process. My perspectives on IL are also influenced by research emerging out of Australia, especially Christine Bruce’s <I>The Seven Faces of Information Literacy</I> and Mandy Lupton’s <I>The Learning Connection. Information Literacy and the Student Experience</I>—research which has intended to define IL based on perceptions and experiences of the student/individual. In a way, both present IL in a way that is very rhetorical and contextualized.<BR/><BR/>And so what I’m working on—<BR/><BR/>My dissertation on outcomes assessment included a literature review on information literacy using literature from library science, rhetoric/composition, and technical communication to contextualize IL within rhetoric and writing. My research analyzed outcomes, including information literacy, by coding portfolios using a grounded theory approach. What I’d like to do is follow-up on my results and, in particular focus on IL in the workplace and how the way we define (including what research is and how it is related to the writing process), teach, and assess IL impacts students’ ability to conduct research that is relevant to their jobs and careers. <BR/><BR/>In the meantime, I’ve been working on a manuscript (for longer than I care to admit) based on a combination of a presentation from the WPA Conference (a rhetorical analysis of the ACRL IL Standards and the WPA Outcomes Statement) a couple of years ago and the literature review from my dissertation. <BR/><BR/>--BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37435204.post-15388031579109482532009-03-04T10:21:00.000-05:002009-03-04T10:21:00.000-05:00Well, it's not about any given source being "credi...Well, it's not about any given source being "credible" or not--but whether it's "credible" for a given purpose, audience, topic, etc. -- about evaluating each source in terms of how you plan to use it. So, no--this project is about identifying when/whether students are learning this stuff (and, of course, along the way, hopefully discovering what teachers/librarians/computer programmers/whomever can do better/differently).Janice R. Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380707431489308276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37435204.post-89213230561148543642009-03-04T10:17:00.000-05:002009-03-04T10:17:00.000-05:00So, would this be where I go to make Wikipedia be ...So, would this be where I go to make Wikipedia be seen as a credible source?? =DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37435204.post-63294316163434388792008-06-11T10:25:00.000-04:002008-06-11T10:25:00.000-04:00Thanks! I'll keep you posted, or, in other words:...Thanks! I'll keep you posted, or, in other words: "Watch this space!" :)Janice R. Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380707431489308276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37435204.post-90341539156121888252008-06-11T10:00:00.000-04:002008-06-11T10:00:00.000-04:00Looks great! I'd love to assist in any way I can....Looks great! I'd love to assist in any way I can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37435204.post-3625908096056022562008-01-09T14:45:00.000-05:002008-01-09T14:45:00.000-05:00Thanks for sharing! As a librarian here, I'm glad...Thanks for sharing! As a librarian here, I'm glad these conversations are happening.<BR/><BR/>By the way, Henderson Library provides Gee's book as an e-book at http://site.ebrary.com/lib/gasouthern/Top?id=10089175&layout=documentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37435204.post-43211377345627983392007-08-15T08:31:00.000-04:002007-08-15T08:31:00.000-04:00As Georgia Southern's new Collection Development &...As Georgia Southern's new Collection Development & Assessment Librarian, I'm excited to find this blog! Thanks for promoting the discussion of information literacy at GSU. I'd love to join up with LILAC.--Jonathan Harwell, jharwell@georgiasouthern.eduUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16126870605994161925noreply@blogger.com