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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

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ALA’s Association of College and Research Libraries

The source of instructional standards in higher education.  IL’s flagship of websites.  The six standards, performance indicators, and outcomes.  Links to definitions, pedagogy, assessments, use of the standards, information technology, and higher education. Address:  http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency 

This toolkit contains the standards in detail.  How to use the standards in short presentations, full-length classes, a semester-long course, or a full program.  Address:  http://www.ala.org/acrl/issues/infolit/standards/standardstoolkit 

Provides guidelines for alignment of library mission statements to ACRL guidelines, content of instruction, modes of instruction, instructional tools, program structures, evaluation and assessment, instructional facilities. Address:  http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/guidelinesinstruction 

Contains the proficiencies organized into 12 alphabetical categories then broken down into skills.  Skills include administrative, assessment and evaluation, communication, IL integration skills, instructional design, leadership, planning, presentation, promotion, and teaching skills.  They also include subject expertise and curriculum knowledge. Address:  http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/profstandards 

Tips and Techniques for Library Instructors

Tips and techniques for library instruction. This guide from an ALA accredited program provides many tools for the teacher of information literacy.  Address:  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/tips/index.html

Tutorials for IL Students

Divided by resource, Tutorials and Guides are a compilation of links on how to find resources, books, articles, criticism and reviews, opinions, and statistics, understanding and avoiding plagiarism, and using citations, database tutorials, a link to all video tutorials featuring library widget, how to find speeches, and citation management programs. Address:  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/tutorials.html

Texas Tech University Libraries contains all IL content tutorials on one page.  Maintained by a on site librarian, videos are made in a multimedia room in the library.  Address:  http://library.ttu.edu/services/lib_instruction/courses/tutorials.php

IL Content Tutorials

Anti-plagiarism.

Anti-plagiarism by Rutgers University Libraries.  Multimedia format depicting different examples of plagiarism. Great for example of different kind of media and examples. Address: (http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/douglass/sal/plagiarism/intro.html)

Visiting Minerva Alaniz, MLS, Texas Tech
               Librarian, Personal librarian to Education Dept.
Own your education – plagiarism and cheating. YouTube multimedia created by Ted Richardson shows and quickly and clearly identifies plagiarism using examples. Address:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6glagcLVP-E&feature=related

Avoiding plagiarism. College of the North Atlantic Library Services created an Xtranormal movie to illustrate plagiarism through a conversation of characters.  Address:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=agyJDFe5fXI

Website Evaluation.

            Evaluating information resources. PDF document with hyperlinks containing criteria in which to judge a website.  Address:  http://lib.calpoly.edu/research/guides/evaluating.html

Determining website credibility.  A West DePere School District librarian creates an Xtranormal multimedia movie of a librarian avatar using cool “hood” language to young avatar patron. Address:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKVL1ehDQB0&feature=related

Evaluating Websites with Roxanne. College of the North Atlantic Library Services created an Xtranormal know-it-all avatar on websites.  Address: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVh6dma6vJ0

            Using Google.

Databases verses GoogleNashville State Mayfield Library created an Xtranormal multimedia movie of an adamant critter who just only wants to use Google.  Address:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URk_lOLOpDI&feature=related

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