Information Literacy Advisory Council

ILAC Members

• Co-Chair: Sarah Hamrick, Director of Library Public Services
• Co-Chair: Earl Parks, Director of Academic Technology
• Kathryn (Kitty) Baldridge, Director of General Studies, Associate Professor, Physical Education and Recreation
• Dr. Ben Bahan, Professor of ASL and Deaf Studies
• Florence Vold, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Sciences
• Dr. Tonya Stremlau, Professor of English
• Dr. Tammy Weiner, Professor of Psychology
• Maria Waters, Assistant Coordinator, First Year Experience
• Dr. Terry Coye, Coordinator of Faculty Development
• Jane Rutherford, Instruction and Reference Librarian
• Eileen Matthews, Executive Director of Assessment and Innovative Programs

Additional members focusing on undergraduate and graduate curriculum will be added to ILAC in FY2008-FY2010.

Council Charge

The Gallaudet Information Literacy Advisory Council (ILAC) is responsible for coordinating efforts among faculty, librarians, eLearning staff, and staff from other academic support units in teaching, promoting, and assessing student information literacy skills.

Council Goals and Actions

1. use data from Fall 2007 student assessments to revise and improve integration of library and technology skills in the GSR curriculum.
2. review the student learning outcomes created by academic departments to identify where information literacy is currently being taught and assessed.
3. create a set of student outcomes for information literacy that integrate the five major competencies in the GSR curriculum.
4. review information literacy standards and recommendations from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) and Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).
   • MSCHE Guidelines for Information Literacy
   • MSCHE Executive Summary for Developing Research and Communication Skills
   • ACRL Information Literacy Program Characteristics
   • ACRL Information Literacy Standards
5. discuss shared responsibilities for information literacy learning (see MSCHE Guidelines, p. 23)
6. offer faculty development workshops for enhancing information literacy and technological competence.

1. work with the Council on Undergraduate Education (CUE) to conduct an audit of how information literacy is taught and assessed.
2. determine goals and implement methods for improving instruction and assessment of information literacy at the undergraduate level.
3. create a set of outcomes for faculty and staff related to best practices in developing and assessing information literacy.
4. offer faculty development workshops for enhancing information literacy and technological competence.

1. work with the Graduate Council Education (CGE) to conduct an audit of how information literacy is taught and assessed.
2. determine goals and implement methods for improving instruction and assessment of information literacy at the graduate level.
3. create a set of outcomes for faculty and staff related to best practices in developing and assessing information literacy.
4. offer faculty development workshops for enhancing information literacy and technological competence.