This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2FD3E.93D1BE05 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Manatee Community College, Bradenton Campus > 5840 26th Street West (Directions on our website www.mccfl.edu > 9:30-11:45 Information Literacy Sig > INFO LIT SIG TOPIC INFO from earlier message: > At USF there is starting to be some talk and committees formed about = revising the general education requirements and some discussion about a = quality education program geared towards upper level students. Several = of the librarians here in Tampa went to some of the brainstorming = sessions and we talked up info lit getting that idea into the mix.=20 > These ideas and other I have been having have started me to do = something about when do we need to teach students about the various = concepts of info lit. Do we need to throw all the concpets at them when = we see them as freshman? Or is it better to wait and spread the concepts = out, i.e evaluation should wait until they have spent sometime becoming = comfortable with searching. At what stage does a student/person need to = be skilled with one of the info lit standards. > My other thought is that this might be a perfect place for our = various institutions to work together as we usher students through = life-long learning. Maybe we can coordinate a study to see how students = do research at various levels and how the libraries can insert info lit = concepts at the right time to aid their research development or some = such thing. > I am not sure where any of these thoughts are leading, but I did = think that they might be a good jumping off place to start a discussion = as well as a place that maybe we can all work towards some of the same = goals. > 12-2 Teleconference - Electronic & Networked Information & Databases: = Making Choices, College of DuPage > we'll send out for Chinese and Subway for anyone who doesn't like = Chinese, or you're welcome to bring your own lunch > 2-4 Optional Discussion of Teleconference and/or Library Tour > Judy Born, MCC Bradenton > 941-752-5262 >=20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2FD3E.93D1BE05 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">next meeting May2nd Manatee Community = College, Bradenton Campus
5840 26th Street = West (Directions on our website www.mccfl.edu
9:30-11:45 = Information Literacy Sig
INFO LIT SIG TOPIC = INFO from earlier message:
At USF there is starting to = be some talk and committees formed about revising the general education = requirements and some discussion about a quality education program = geared towards upper level students. Several of the librarians here in = Tampa went to some of the brainstorming sessions and we talked up info = lit getting that idea into the mix.
These ideas and other I have = been having have started me to do something about when do we need to = teach students about the various concepts of info lit. Do we need to = throw all the concpets at them when we see them as freshman? Or is it = better to wait and spread the concepts out, i.e evaluation should wait = until they have spent sometime becoming comfortable with searching. At = what stage does a student/person need to be skilled with one of the info = lit standards.
My other thought is that this = might be a perfect place for our various institutions to work together = as we usher students through life-long learning. Maybe we can coordinate = a study to see how students do research at various levels and how the = libraries can insert info lit concepts at the right time to aid their = research development or some such thing.
I am not sure where any of = these thoughts are leading, but I did think that they might be a good = jumping off place to start a discussion as well as a place that maybe we = can all work towards some of the same goals.
12-2 Teleconference - =
Electronic & Networked Information & Databases: Making Choices, =
College of DuPage
we'll send out =
for Chinese and Subway for anyone who doesn't like Chinese, or you're =
welcome to bring your own lunch
2-4 Optional =
Discussion of Teleconference and/or Library Tour
Judy Born, MCC =
Bradenton
941-752-5262