These resources are provided for the benefit of librarians and educators interested in designing an information literacy curriculum. In addition to the course material presented on this page, the MCTC Library faculty works with instructors from various subject disciplines to embed information literacy instruction and assessment in their curriculum and assignments. This Research Portfolio and corresponding assessment rubric were designed for content courses that require a research paper or project. The portfolio provides an opportunity for the instructor to assess information literacy skills.
All original content is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
We ask that if you do use or modify any of our materials to please let us know by contacting
Tom Eland (612-659-6286).
- On this page:
- Professional Reading
- Course Material
- Team Assignments with Grading Rubrics
- Comprehensive Exam with Grading Rubric
- Supporting Resources
- Readings
- Videos
- Information Literacy Program Assessment Reports
Professional Reading
- Accardi, Maria T., Emily Drabinski and Alana Kumbier. eds. Critical Library Instruction: Theories & Methods. Duluth, MN: Library Juice Press, 2010.
- Badke, William. "Ten Reasons to Teach Information Literacy for Credit." Online 32.6 (Nov. 2008): 47-49.
- Elmborg, James. "Critical Information Literacy: Implications for Instructional Practice." Journal of Academic Librarianship. 32.2 (2006): 192-199.
- Holschuh Simmons, Michelle. "Librarians as Disciplinary Discourse Mediators: Using Genre Theory to Move toward Critical Information Literacy." portal: Libraries and the Academy. 5.3 (2005): 297-311.
- Owusu-Ansah, Edward K. "Beyond Collaboration: Seeking Greater Scope and Centrality for Library Instruction." portal: Libraries and the Academy. 7.4 (2007): 415-429.
- Shanbhaq, Shilpa. "Alternative Models of Knowledge Production: A Step Forward in Information Literacy as a Liberal Art." Library Philosophy and Practice. 8.2 (2006).
Course Material
Team Assignments with Grading Rubrics
- Locating & Evaluating Background Information doc | pdf
- Narrowing & Defining Your Research Topic doc | pdf
- Locating and Evaluating Books doc | pdf
- Locating and Evaluating Scholarly Journal Articles doc | pdf
- Locating and Evaluating Magazine & Newspaper Articles doc | pdf
- Locating and Evaluating Alternative Press Articles doc | pdf
Comprehensive Exam with Grading Rubric
Supporting Resources
- Research Process doc | pdf
- Sample Concept Map pdf
- Types of Periodicals doc | pdf
- Evaluating Resources doc | pdf
- MLA Citation Style Guide pdf
- MCTC Database Tutorials. These tutorials provide instruction on using library databases.
Readings
- Creative Commons
- Badke, William B. Research Strategies: Finding Your Way through the Information Fog. 3rd ed. New York: iUniverse, 2008. (required textbook)
- Blumenstyk, Goldie. "The Price of Research." Chronicle of Higher Education 50.10 (2003): A26.
- Darton, Robert. "The Library in the New Age." The New York Review of Books. 12 June 2008.
- Dodge, Chris. "Knowledge for Sale: Are America's Public Libraries on the Verge of Losing Their Way?" Utne Reader. June/August 2005.
- Eland, Thomas. "Critical Thinking, Deviant Knowledge and the Alternative Press." Update Newsletter. Dec. 2004: 4-6.
- Gabriel, Trip. "Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age." New York Times. 1 Aug. 2010.
- Martin, Brian. "Politics of Research" from, Information Liberation. London: Freedom Press, 1998.
- McKeen, William. "The Endangered Joy of Serendipity." St. Petersburg Times. 26 Mar 2006.
- Schiffrin, Andre. "Bucking the Monoliths: Publishing with a Mission." American Libraries. May 1999: 44-46.
- Stoddart, Richard A. and Teresa Kiser. "Zines and the Library." Library Resources & Technical Services 48.3 (July 2004): 191-198.
- Thomas, Pat. "Sex, Lies and Herbicides." Ecologist 36.1 (2006): 14-21.
Videos
- "A Fair(y) Use Tale" YouTube. 18 May 2007.
- "Common Craft Videos"
- Leonard, Annie. "The Story of Stuff Project"
- Penn State University Libraries. "The Information Cycle." Penn State University. 3 March 2004.
- Sloan, Robert. "EPIC 2015". Museum of Media History.
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library. "Information Cycle" YouTube. 29 January 2010.
- Wesch, Michael. "Information R/evolution" YouTube. 12 October 2007.
- Wesch, Michael. "The Machine is Us/ing Us" YouTube. 8 March 2007.
Information Literacy Program Assessment Reports
All sections of INFS 1000 use equivalent syllabus, assignments, exams and grading rubrics. This allows us to do a comprehensive program assessment across all sections of the class. The annual program assessment uses data gathered from the final exam project. The assessment report is based upon the 5 key competencies measured in the final exam project grading rubric. The 2007-2008 report is our last report. We learned much from the annual assessments over the years and used the data to constantly revise the course. We are currently assessing our Library Information Technology A.A.S. degree program.
All materials created by the library and information studies faculty of Minneapolis Community and Technical College are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Last updated: March 2011
