Teaching Tools for Real Life Skills: Information Literacy for the Workplace

Type of Presentation

Workshop (1 hour and 15 minutes)

Target Audience

Higher Education

Presenter Information

• Alessia Zanin-Yost, Western Carolina University, NCFollow
• Betsy Clementson, Western Carolina University, NC

Copyright

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Location

Room 1220

Proposal

See presentation description.

Short Description

Instruction librarians teach skills that focus on academic success. However, students need more than this. They need to learn to acquire knowledge that will help them in the working world. The workshop will teach how to collaborate with faculty to integrate skills students will need after graduation.

Keywords

Information literacy, Instruction librarians, ACRL standards, Critical thinking skills, Workplace, Assessment

Publication Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

Recommended Citation

Zanin-Yost, Alessia and Clementson, Betsy, "Teaching Tools for Real Life Skills: Information Literacy for the Workplace" (2012). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 26.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2012/2012/26