Information Competency
The Library maintains its strong commitment to information competency by meeting the campus vision, mission, and goals, as well as those prescribed by the Library itself through its Library Instruction Program.
The following sites are provided for you as a means of informing you of the effort underway to support Information Literacy Competency Standards for the California Community Colleges and in Higher Education.
I. Information Competency in California Community Colleges
Academic Senate for California Community Collegeshttp://www.asccc.org/Publications/Papers/InfoComp02/infoComp.pdf
Publications from the State Academic Senate related to information competency.Information Competency www.topsy.org/infocomp.html
An extensive list of information competency links maintained by a librarian at Cabrillo College.California Community College Chancellor's Office http://www.santarosa.edu/~kathy/ICC/index.shtml
Information compiled by the Library Advisory Committee, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Information Competency. Includes a listing of Committee members, documents, and other organizations and sites.II. Information Competency in Higher Education
Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education http://www.ala.org/acrl/ilcomstan.html
The ACRL (Association of College & Research Libraries) web page that has links to the standards and role that information competency has in higher education.Campus Library Information Competence Pages http://www.calstate.edu/LS/Campusinfocomp.shtml
This page gives the user a link to the Library Information Competence page at each of the CSU campuses.Integration of Learning Outcomes
http://www.calstate.edu/LS/Outcomes.shtml
Information competency as it pertains to learning outcomes. Arranged by discipline from Accounting to Women’s Studies; can also be accessed by student level.Children's Partnership
http://www.childrenspartnership.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=About_Us
The Children's Partnership (TCP) is a national, nonprofit child advocacy organization. TCP promotes research on various issues that affect children and young people. Of particular interest are the Programs--"Digital Opportunities for America's Youth" and also Publications--Reports recarding the 'digital divide'.Directory of Online Resources for Information Literacy
http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/il/
This directory provides links to organizations and major projects, papers and presentations, academic programs, and other sites.III. Online Tutorials
Cal Poly State University Information Competency Tutorial http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/infocomp/modules/index.html
Nine online CSU Information Competence tutorials.Santa Ana College Information Competency Tutorial
http://ext.sac.edu/academic_progs/library/informationcompetency/
A series of modules that guides the user through the process of using online databases and the Web. Each module concludes with an exercise.TILT: Texas Information Literacy Tutorial
http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/
This fully interactive/no plug-ins required tutorial from the University of Texas System Digital Library may be used by students or educators.
Last update:
January 15, 2008
