The mission of the Information Literacy Working Group (ILWG) at the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery is to support the teaching and learning of information literacy on the UMBC campus. The group promotes excellence in the delivery of information literacy instruction, the development of quality instructional activities and learning objects, and the ongoing assessment of these components.
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- Web based learning objects: Pointpoint-of-need online resources covering information literacy concepts.
- Course-integrated instruction: Sessions sessions designed to provide in-depth instruction on discipline or class-related resources and research strategies.
- Workshops: Research research workshops open to UMBC students, staff, and faculty. Designed to assist patrons in developing skills in library research, information management and citation software. software
- Project SAILS: Standardized standardized test to measure individual or cohort level information literacy skills.
- IHU project: Project project to assess the effectiveness of a library lesson/intervention designed for first year IHU classes.
- Subject guides: Web web guides designed to provide guidance on choosing discipline-based resources.
Future projects:
- Create an instruction plan that...
- Create an assessment plan that includes several types of information literacy assessment.