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Information Literacy

SCCC INFORMATION LITERACY COMMITTEE

The Information Literacy Committee (ILC) is a working committee charged with developing and promoting information literacy (IL) as a college wide learning outcome. The ILC has representatives from all divisions. The committee advocates for integrating information literacy into the college curricula, encouraging faculty participation in collection development and management, promoting collaborative relationships between librarians and other college faculty, and ensuring the library has the resources needed to accomplish its role in the college.

The ILC operates as an agent for change, creating a culture of appreciation for the importance of information literacy, and providing leadership to accomplish concrete actions to improve information literacy at the college, division, program, and course levels. The committee goals include:

Developing and implementing projects to help faculty identify appropriate IL outcomes for their students and incorporate these outcomes into their curricula
Creating and maintaining a list of courses in all college programs that actively develop core IL competencies
Supporting faculty through IL training and mentoring
Developing tools and resources, such as the curriculum planning template and the IL rubric, to promote research and information competencies and strategies in classrooms and programs
Engaging administrators and staff in supporting IL throughout the college

RESOURCES:

Seattle Central's favorite Information Literacy Links
Assessment in Library & Information Literacy Instruction
Directory of Online Resources for Information Literacy
Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
Information Literacy as a Liberal Art
Information Literacy in Washington Community and Technical Colleges (ILWCTC)
Washington State Library Information Literacy Project
Information Literacy @ ACRL
National Forum on Information Literacy
Bibliographic Instruction Tutorials