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Psychology faculty and librarians at ACM colleges have been developing models for teaching information literacy in the psychology classroom. The groups' first activity was a workshop in summer 2003 and continued with a workshop in July 2004.

Curricular Design with Information Literacy in Psychology

Beloit College, July 15-16, 2004

• Dates: July 15-16, 2004
• Location: Beloit College, Beloit, WI
• Workshop funded by the ACM Information Literacy Program with a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
• For background: See the overview of information literacy in psychology prepared for the 2003 workshop

In the summer of 2003 psychology faculty and librarians from around the ACM met to discuss information literacy issues in the psychology classroom. This workshop will disseminate projects and build on the previous meeting.

Each campus was invited to send a team made up of one or several psychology faculty, along with a librarian and/or instructional technologist.

Context

The 2003 workshop aimed at discovering where and how psychologists teach information literacy. Participants shared best practices, concentrating their energy on three particular projects:

• Teaching information literacy in the introductory psychology course
• Developing a matrix of information literacy competencies linked to the psychology curriculum
• Coherence in using scholarly literature in psychology papers.

During the 2003-2004 academic year participants developed curricular materials addressing these topics. Other issues came up, including:

• Intellectual property
• Assessing information literacy
• Teaching APA style
• Information literacy skills for non-majors
• Information literacy strategies on the departmental level

The 2004 workshop focused on disseminating the results of the three projects, and other sessions addressed other issues of interest to participants.

Further information

If you are interested in knowing more about the workshop, contact ACM (312/263-5000).

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