Faculty Perspectives on Information Literacy: What They Want, and What We Can Do About It

Discussions of information literacy rely heavily on library perspectives and rarely include faculty voices. Drawing on the results of a nationwide sample, this session will give academic librarians broader insight into faculty understanding of information literacy and could help advance the discourse of information literacy further into the disciplines. Participants will get an overview of study findings, and then engage in discussion and collaborative group work to develop strategies to reach out to faculty, engage in meaningful discussion, and advance information literacy in the classroom and wider curriculum by aligning library instruction with faculty goals and concerns.

OBJECTIVES: Analyze faculty concerns about student learning in information literacy * Examine disciplinary differences with regard to information literacy * Develop discipline-specific strategies to reach out to faculty * Develop discipline-specific instructional goals/sessions for information literacy