Career Information Literacy: Helping Undergraduate Students Attain Critical Thinking Skills for Class and Career Success
Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
Scarbrough 1
Abstract
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Presentation Description
Career information literacy, a combination of the information fluency skills critical thinking, information literacy, and computer literacy, combined with facets of career and company research, can be seamlessly integrated into a variety of undergraduate courses to help students attain the critical thinking skills needed for their coursework and career goals. This presentation discusses what career information literacy is as well as the research supporting the need for career information literacy. Methods and resources used by librarians at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management to teach career information literacy sessions will also be described, from establishing faculty partnerships and engaging students, to the variety of free online governmental and business resources containing career, company, and industry data that may be used in assignments to help students in the integral process of learning to locate and synthesize information.
Keywords
Career information literacy, Information fluency, Critical thinking, Information literacy, Computer literacy, Career and company research, Undergraduate education, Library-faculty collaboration
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Robinson, Kelly, "Career Information Literacy: Helping Undergraduate Students Attain Critical Thinking Skills for Class and Career Success" (2013). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 45.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2013/2013/45
Career Information Literacy: Helping Undergraduate Students Attain Critical Thinking Skills for Class and Career Success
Scarbrough 1
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