1. 1 Spiraling Information Literacy Across Four Years Shawna (Smith) Egan Rivier University Nashua, NH Going Beyond the "One-Shot" 1

2. 2 Rivier Information Literacy Map Orientation Convocation Day First Year Seminar: English Graduation Day First Year Seminar: Religion Junior Year Seminar: Capstone Upper Level Writing Intensive Course Within Major Second Year Seminar: Literature, Art, & the Human Assessment 2 “One-Shot” Classes

3. Library Instruction o Freshmen Orientation o Freshmen Convocation o FYS: Religion o FYS: English o HUM200 (LAH) o Capstone (Interdisciplinary) o Upper-level (Major Specific) 3

4. 4 Freshmen Orientation & Convocation Day o Freshmen attend Orientation in June.  Student Activities has the students do a campus wide scavenger hunt. o Freshmen attend Convocation Day in September.  Students complete a library scavenger hunt.  All incoming freshmen take an information literacy quiz as part of their Information Technology and Learning Management Software training. 4

5. 5 First Year Seminar Sessions o FYS REL seminars engage students in the use of print and electronic encyclopedic and dictionary sources.  FYS REL students use this new information literacy knowledge to conduct research for course assignments. o FYS ENG seminars engage students in the use of general database sources (Credo Reference, Opposing Viewpoints, etc.).  FYS ENG students use new information literacy knowledge to conduct research for course assignments, including the academic symposium at the end of the semester. 5

6. 6 Literature, Art, & the Human (LAH) o LAH seminars engage students in the use of art and literature databases. o Students use information literacy skills to conduct research for course assignments, including the virtual symposium at the end of the semester. 6

7. 7 Capstone o Students must take one Junior Year Seminar (JYS) section from the following:  JYS: WORLD VOICES & CULTURES  JYS: THE NON-VIOLENT ALTERNATIVE  JYS: GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION  JYS: EUROPE AND THE WORLD  JYS: ETHICS AND TECHNOLOGY  JYS: CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY  JYS: CHALLENGE OF PEACE o Students use information literacy skills to conduct research for course assignments, including the academic symposium at the end of the semester. 7

8. 8 Upper Level Major Specific Course o Senior level courses:  Nursing  Psychology  English  Art  Criminal Justice  Business  Biology  Education o Library instruction team presents advanced search strategies. 8

9. 9 Assessment o Pre-test: Convocation Day—Quiz  The quiz is embedded in the “First Year” course shell and the quiz is graded by the LMS (Canvas). o First Year: First Year English Seminar—Academic Symposium  FYS: ENG students present their research posters to groups of faculty, library staff and FYS: REL students for five minutes at a time. o Second Year: Literature Art & the Human—Virtual Symposium  LAH students present their research virtually as a PowerPoint presentation. o Third Year: Capstone—Academic Symposium  Capstone students present their research to groups of faculty and library staff for five minutes at a time. o Fourth Year: Disciplinary specific courses—Research papers or Symposium (Dependent on discipline)  Student papers are evaluated by the faculty for information literacy.  Student symposium presentations are evaluated by the librarian for information literacy. 9

10. Convocation Day Assessment Results 10

11. 11 Assessment Rubric 11

12. FYS Scores: Determine the nature and extent of information needed 12

13. FYS Scores: Determine the nature and extent of information needed 13

14. FYS Scores: Access the needed information effectively and efficiently 14

15. FYS Scores: Access the needed information effectively and efficiently 15

16. FYS Scores: Critically evaluate information and its sources 16

17. FYS Scores: Critically evaluate information and its sources 17

18. 18 HUM 200 (LAH) Scores: All Standards 18

19. 19 Graduates of 2017 19

20. 20 2017 Graduates Growth 20 47.85% 54.08% 55% 58.33%

21. 21 Use of Assessment Results o After initial Spring of 2013 assessment, library instruction was embedded into the First-Year Seminar. o Peer-reviewed sources were taken out of the first year of the core. o Number of and types of sources taught were updated more tightly to curriculum needs. o During the Summer of 2014 the rubric was updated to its current form, with three standards instead of five. o The evaluation of sources became a key component of both FYS REL and FYS ENG both in the library instruction session and throughout the assignments. o FYS REL focused on the proper use of websites as well as library print resources. 21

22. 22 What is Next? o Rubric updates  Norming process—room for changes and being more concise  Possible changes to include frameworks in assessment o More analysis  2017 Graduates throughout four years o Junior/Senior Seminar  Assessment 22

23. 23 Important Takeaways o Collaboration  Find your “library cheerleaders”  Be part of the conversation o Assessment--Accreditations  Know what information literacy standards need to be assessed o Library Assignments  Use what faculty already have in place 23

24. 24 The End Thank you to the Davis Educational Foundation for its support of the implementation of the new core curriculum and for research and travel funds. Thank you to Alan Witt, Shana Chartier, and Dan Speidel for their help with data collection and Joel Stake for his help with running statistical analysis. Contact Information: Shawna Egan Assistant Director, Regina Library Rivier University Nashua, NH 03060 segan@rivier.edu 24