The Very Idea! Teaching Information Literacy in the Liberal Arts Environment

Type of Presentation

Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)

Target Audience

Other

Presenter Information

Jason Ezell, Lincoln Memorial UniversityFollow
Philip Smith, Lincoln Memorial University

Location

Room 1220 B

Proposal

See presentation description.

Short Description

Imagine information literacy as a hot topic – not among professionals at a conference but among the students themselves. In emphasizing information literacy concepts – prior to focus on skills – in our information literacy instruction, we’ve found students to be naturally engaged with information literacy as a whole. Taking understanding “the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information” as the first – rather than the last –step in information literacy instruction, we hope to have more naturally committed students to information literacy as a valuable concept as well as a needed skill. We’d like to share our philosophy, selected texts, discussions, and assignments/projects in this session.

Keywords

Information literacy in the liberal arts, Teaching information literacy

Publication Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

Recommended Citation

Ezell, Jason and Smith, Philip, "The Very Idea! Teaching Information Literacy in the Liberal Arts Environment" (2010). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 18.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2010/2010/18