Information and Inquiry

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Describe the dynamic nature of information technology and anticipate its application to meet user needs. (PLO’s 1.5, 1.6)
• Describe forms of information available for use and analyze the relevance, authenticity, authority, and credibility of information sources. (PLO’s 1.1, 1.2)
• Identify the information needs and behaviors of diverse groups through collection of evidence. (PLO’s 1.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.5)
• Formulate and execute search strategies (PLO’s 1.1, 1.3, 1.5).
• Curate a collection of resources to meet the needs of a specific user group (PLO’s 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 4.5).
• Design instruction to meet the needs of a specific user group (PLO 4.1-4.5).
• Assess the effectiveness of information provision in information organizations through user experience analysis (PLO’s 2.2, 3.1-3.4).
• Apply ethical principles to information provision (PLO 1.7).

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Participation (PLO 7.1, 7.2)	50 points
Discussion Boards (PLO 7.1, 7.2)	150 points
Online Chat Exercise (PLO’s 1.5, 4.5)	50 points
Teaching Presentations and Reference Questions (PLO’s 4.1-4.3, 6.3, 6.4, 6.6)	200 points
Warm Up Exercises for the LibGuide (PLO’s 1.5)	150 points
LibGuide, Final Product (PLO 1)	150 points
Instructional Video (PLO 4.3)	150 points
Research Project – Assessing Current Practice (PLO 1.5, 1.6, 1.7)	100 points

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance/participation is not a graded component included in the student's final grade for this course.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Wong, M. A., & Saunders, L. Reference and information services: An introduction. (7th Ed) Santa Barbara, CA : Libraries Unlimited.