The Pyramid Method of Teaching Information Literacy

Type of Presentation

Panel (1 hour and 15 minutes presentation total for two or more presenters)

Target Audience

Higher Education

Presenter Information

Marcia Dursi, Marymount University
Mason Yang, Marymount University

Location

Scarbrough 3

Proposal

See presentation description.

Presentation Description

Participants will be shown the Pyramid Method of Library Instruction in which students are taught to search using the advance search screen in Google. From there students move to Google Scholar, general academic sources and finally to targeted scholarly resources. The Association of College and Research Libraries’ Information literacy standards are still applicable with this method as are various forms of one-shot assessments. Depending upon the length of the library instruction session, evaluation of sources can be included as well.

Keywords

Library instruction, Information literacy, Pyramid method of teaching

Publication Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

Recommended Citation

Dursi, Marcia and Yang, Mason, "The Pyramid Method of Teaching Information Literacy" (2013). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 8.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2013/2013/8