Connecting information literacy instruction with transfer student success

Assessment of library instruction to develop student information literacy skills.

An Empirical Investigation of Student Learning Outcomes of Information Literacy Instruction in a Business School

This study presents and tests a research model of the psychological, behavioral, and benefit outcomes of information literacy instruction (ILI) given to undergraduate business students. This model is based on expectation disconfirmation theory and insights garnered from a recent qualitative investigation by the research team on student learning outcomes from ILI given at three business schools ...

Student perceptions of information literacy instruction: The importance of active learning

This study investigates the merits of employing active learning strategies in the delivery of information literacy instruction (ILI). Traditional approaches to the teaching of information literacy skills – where students are passive recipients of the information they receive – are challenged. Rather, methods that encourage students to actively engage themselves in the learning process are posit...

A model of student learning outcomes of information literacy instruction in a business school

This study presents and tests a research model of the outcomes of information literacy instruction (ILI) given to undergraduate business students. This model is based on expectation disconfirmation theory and insights garnered from a recent qualitative investigation of student learning outcomes from ILI given at three business schools. The model was tested through a web survey administered to 3...

Information Labs: The Next Best Thing in Information Literacy Instruction?

As higher education transforms itself from a lecture-dominated enterprise to one that encourages active engagement by the students with the curriculum, librarians have a new avenue for inserting themselves into the educational mission of the university. At Purdue University, the libraries have been successful integrating problem-based learning activities into curricula in several departments. O...