The Lafayette Libraries and the Provost’s Office will again this year sponsor Information Literacy Grants for faculty who wish to add an information literacy component to one of their upper-level classes. The goal of these grants is to encourage faculty to develop classes in which students have repeated opportunities to build information literacy skills and learn how information is created, disseminated, and organized in a discipline.
Faculty who wish to add an information literacy component to any existing class above the 100-level to be taught in spring 2019 are invited to apply for a grant. To be eligible, the class must include projects in which students gather, evaluate, and use information; involve collaboration with a librarian; and provide opportunities for students to do at least one of the following:
Ideally, information literacy concepts will be woven into class discussions throughout the semester and each project that involves gathering or using information, but the class should also include one or two sessions devoted to information literacy. Students’ work on information literacy should be a part of their grade.
Application deadline is December 15, 2020. Those who are considering applying should contact Lijuan Xu ASAP. Additional information, including examples of information literacy components and details on the application process, is available.