Module Overview

What is Information Literacy?

The set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information.

Source: Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) (http://www.ala.org/acrl/issues/infolit/overview/intro)

Why do students need to be information literate?

Because information is power! But yet, too much information can overwhelm.

Information literacy (IL) gives students the skills to find the relevant information efficiently and effectively. Students learn how evaluate and use information, create new content and make informed decisions.

What does an IL Student Fellow do?

1. Assist librarians in library lecture and hands-on tutorials for GEM1917 and ES1601.
2. Conduct Central Library tour during RVRC Orientation programme
3. Help students answer simple questions about the library and information searching.
4. Direct complex questions about the library and information searching to the librarians.

What are the benefits of being an IL Student Fellow?

1. Gain a better understanding of search techniques, tools and resources to find, retrieve and use information.
2. Sharpen your communicating skills.
3. Experience what it is like to teach information literacy.
4. Get to know your librarians!

What are the benefits an IL Student Fellow gives to students?

1. Be the intermediary between the librarians and new students.
2. Help new students to transit smoothly into being an information literate student at NUS.
3. Relate better to students with examples and topics which students are more familiar with.

Outline of workshop

Librarian/
Time/
Venue

Learning outcomes

1.

Introduction to the workshop:

• • What do student fellows do?
  • The 5 programmes which would help new students learn about information literacy.

Kah Wei

9am-930am

Theatrette 2 (Level 4)

• Understand the roles and responsibilities of student fellows.
• Learn how to help the new students.

2.

1st programme: Orientation briefing and tour

Chee Yong

9:30-10am

Theatrette 2 (Level 4)

• How to introduce library resources and services to new students.

2.1 Briefing on objectives of introducing library resources and services
2.1.1 How to search NUS Libraries collections
2.1.2 How to use library services
2.1.3 Who to contact for help

TEA BREAK
10-10:15am
Staff Pantry (Level 4, Central Library)

b.

2.2 Library tour (Walkabout)

Chee Yong

10:15-11am

Outside
Theatrette 2 (Level 4)

• Get to know the tour route for Central Library.
• Prepare to conduct library tours on 12 Aug 2015.

3.

2nd Programme: Library Lecture

Georgiana

11am-12nn

Theatrette 2 (Level 4)

• Recall the Library Lecture in Sem 1, 2014/15 on databases, search techniques and citation styles.
• Learn how this would help new students determine the feasibility of their topic.

• • How to use the Information Search Process.
  • Citation Styles

LUNCH BREAK
12nn-1pm
Staff Pantry (Level 4, Central Library)

4.

3rd Programme: Hands-on Session for GEM1917
4.1 Practise searching for information.
4.2 Role play: Librarians are “new students”. Student fellows guide “new students” to search for an assigned topic.

Resources needed:  

• List of Sustainability Databases
• Information Search Process

Kah Wei

1-3pm

Training Room
(Level 6)

• Practise searching and applying what was taught in Library Lecture.
• Experience how to guide new students during a search process and understand roles and responsibilities in assisting new students.
•  

TEA BREAK
3-3:15pm
Staff Pantry (Level 4, Central Library)

5.

4th Programme: Advisory Sessions for GEM1917 and ES1601
5.1 What are advisory sessions?
5.2 Who gives what kind of help?

Kah Wei

3:15-4pm

Training Room
(Level 6)

• Learn how to help librarians troubleshoot problems new students may encounter.

6.

5th Programme: Hands-on for ES1601
6.1 How to apply evaluation criteria to select authoritative and credible information sources for the literature review.

Raudhah

4-5pm

Training Room
(Level 6)

• Recall evaluation criteria taught in Sem 2, 2014/15.
• Experience evaluating sources using the evaluation criteria and forming their own opinions.

7.

Summary of learning points of workshop and student fellows’ roles and responsibilities

Q&A

What’s next?

Kah Wei

5-5:30pm

Training Room
(Level 6)

• What to expect for this coming year.

END

TBC

12/8/15

Week 2-5

Week 6

Recess Week

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9-11

Week 12

Briefing for Library Tour

Orientation & Library
Tour

Students select for GEM1917

Library Lecture for GEM1917

Briefing for Hands-on Session for GEM1917

Hands-on Session for GEM1917 & Quiz

Pre-proposals
Submission

Advisory Sessions

Proposal submission

Sem 2, 2015/16

TBC

Week 3

Week 4-5

TBC

Briefing for Hands-on Session for ES1601

Hands-on Session for ES16101

Advisory Sessions

Endnote sessions