Abstract
Developing innovative library services requires a real world understanding of faculty members' desired curricular goals. This study aimed to develop a comprehensive and deeper understanding of Purdue's nutrition science and political science faculties' expectations for student learning related to information and data information literacies. Course syllabi were examined using grounded theory techniques that allowed us to identify how faculty were addressing information and data information literacies in their courses, but it also enabled us to understand the interconnectedness of these literacies to other departmental intentions for student learning, such as developing a professional identity or learning to conduct original research. The holistic understanding developed through this research provides the necessary information for designing and suggesting information literacy and data information literacy services to departmental faculty in ways supportive of curricular learning outcomes.
Keywords
syllabi, information literacy, data information literacy, curriculum
Date of this Version
7-2015
DOI
10.1016/j.acalib.2015.05.009
Recommended Citation
Maybee, Clarence; Carlson, Jake; Slebodnik, Maribeth; and Chapman, Bert, "“It’s in the Syllabus”: Identifying Information Literacy and Data Information Literacy Opportunities Using a Grounded Theory Approach" (2015). Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research. Paper 120.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2015.05.009
Comments
This is the author's accepted manuscript version of Maybee, C., Carlson, J., Slebodnik, M., and Chapman, B. (2015). “It’s in the Syllabus”: Identifying Information Literacy and Data Information Literacy Opportunities Using a Grounded Theory Approach. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 41(4). 369-376. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2015.05.009.
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