Using Electronic Course Reserves to Promote Information Literacy of First-Year Students in a University Writing Program

The University of Florida is a large research institution with a freshman class of more than seven thousand students out of a total enrollment of about fifty thousand.Although a partnership with the University Writing Program has allowed the Libraries to reach almost four thousand students this past...

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Published in:Journal of web librarianship 2007-10, Vol.1 (3), p.25-46
Main Authors: Victor, Paul, Ronan, Jana Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Libraries
Assignments
Barriers
bibliographic instruction
College students
Colleges & universities
Course Descriptions
course reserves
Electronic Learning
ereserves
Florida
Freshman Composition
freshmen
Information Literacy
Instructional Design
Librarian Teacher Cooperation
Library Instruction
Online Courses
Online instruction
Studies
Teaching Models
Web Based Instruction
Writing Instruction
writing programs
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Summary:The University of Florida is a large research institution with a freshman class of more than seven thousand students out of a total enrollment of about fifty thousand.Although a partnership with the University Writing Program has allowed the Libraries to reach almost four thousand students this past academic year, certain barriers still exist. There are just too many students to reach and the content is too vast to cover in only a single fifty-minute class period.Furthermore, problems encountered while working with students, as well as with their graduate writing instructors who run the classes, have reduced the effectiveness of the current library sessions.To solve these problems, our instruction team created targeted information literacy activities online, so writing instructors could have students complete them outside of class. This article covers some of the challenges in coordinating a first-year information literacyprogram in a large university setting and how electronic course reserves can be used creatively to deliver the desired content.
ISSN:1932-2909
1932-2917
DOI:10.1300/J502v01n03_03