WAAL Information Literacy Best Practices Form

Call for Best Practices

The WAAL Information Literacy Committee is seeking your input on effective ways to implement and teach established Information Literacy Competencies.

"Best practice" may be defined as any practice you find effective in instruction or implementation of the information literacy competencies listed below. Instructional practices might include worksheets, exercises, hands-on activities, techniques for interaction, group discussion methods, demonstrations, etc. Implementation methods might include planning tips, goals and objectives, meeting presentation techniques, handouts, ways to identify and contact key players, critical committee memberships, etc.

With your permission, we may want to incorporate your best practice(s) into this web site. Please be sure to include all acknowledgements for materials attributed to other sources.

Thank you for your contribution!

Best Practice Examples

Name:		Street Address:

Institution:		City/State/Zip:

Title:		Email:

Phone:		Fax:

1. Title of practice or implementation method:

2. Primary target audience:

Secondary audience(s):

3. Describe the practice in the box below:

4. What competencies do you feel are addressed through this practice? (Check all that apply)

1. Identify and articulate needs which require information solutions.	6. Critically evaluate the information retrieved.
2. Identify and select appropriate information sources.	7. Organize, synthesize, integrate and apply the information.
3. Formulate and efficiently execute search queries appropriate for the information resource.	8. Self-assess the information-seeking processes used
4. Interpret and analyze search results and select relevant sources.	9. Understand the structure of the information environment and the process by which both scholarly and popular information is produced, organized and disseminated.
5. Locate and retrieve relevant sources in a variety of formats from the global information environment.	10. Understand public policy and the ethical issues affecting the access and use of information.

5. In the box below, list and describe the supporting materials/resources used and their format? (handouts, websites (include URL), etc.):

6. Are there any special requirements to use these resources?:

7. References consulted in designing this practice/method, if any:

8. Would you provide the committee with a copy of any handouts?

Yes No

9. Would you allow the committee to share this information on this web site and link to any online resources?

Yes No

Additional comments:

Once you submit this form you will be returned to the Information Literacy web site. Thank you.

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Please send handout copies to:

Jennifer Schmidt
Library Support Specialist
SWITCH Library Consortium
6801 North Yates Road
Milwaukee, WI 53217
Phone: 414-351-2423
jschmidt@switchinc.org

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