The Chemistry and Research Services Library faculty at Georgia Gwinnett College have worked together for the last eight years to embed information literacy in the first-year introductory general chemistry course sequence that is required for all students with STEM majors at the college. The library’s work to adopt and adapt the ACRL Framework has revitalized our cooperative efforts and has led to some major revisions and expansions of our collaborative information literacy initiative. The initiative has recently expanded to include a scaffolded approach to information literacy centered on a series of course embedded research projects in two courses that require students to research and present about their findings related to nitrates in local water supplies. The instructional model uses a flipped approach combined with exciting new in-class activities and assessments that guide students on an exploration of how to assess and evaluate information through the lens of understanding “Information Creation as a Process” and “Searching as a Strategic Exploration”. This presentation will introduce the collaborative pedagogical work, cover the instructional design process and methods, and discuss recent efforts to assess how much and how well chemistry students are learning the information literacy knowledge practices and dispositions they need to succeed in their STEM fields.

Creating bonds across campus: A general chemistry information literacy initiative

255th National Meeting (2018)

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