Minutes
LACUNY Instruction Committee
Meeting
October 24, 2003, 2pm-4pm
Members
in Attendance:
Alexandra
de Luise, Queens
Jerry
Bornstein, Baruch
Kathy
Killoran, John Jay
David
Koenigstein, Bronx Community
Anne
Leonard, City Tech
Keith
Muchowski, City Tech
Edward
Owusu-Ansah, Staten Island
Meeting
commenced at 2pm.
Re: Next Meeting
Date:
Members agreed to change the November 21 meeting date to December 5, because of conflicts with the ACRL Symposium.
Re:
Workshop/Presentation:
Members deliberated on whether or not to organize a workshop for the mont of March, 2004 or thereabouts, and considered a topic for the workshop. There appeared to be consensus on the topic of assessment, but lack of agreement on specific focus for such a session. Members agreed to think about the issue and return to it at a later meeting for a more definitive decision.
Re: Library
Instruction Presentations:
Bronx Community
College:
Professor David Koenigstein of Bronx Community presented on instructional practices in his library. He informed meeting the Bronx Community College Library formed a committee this summer to set instructional goals and objectives.
The BCC Library/Learning Center Statement on Information Literacy outlined the goals of the center’s information literacy initiative.
Currently. Instruction at the library followed the one-shot model, of which varieties were available.
One such variety involved incoming students, all of who have to take a 1-credit course on ‘how to be a good college student.’ They must attend 4 workshops, one of which must be a library workshop (50 minutes long). About two of these are done daily (signature of attendance required).
Another one-shot variety was that of English professors who brought their classes to the library for a 1 hour, 15 minute to 1 hour, 30-minute sessions tailored to specific topics.
No hands-on opportunities exist in these sessions, only demonstrations.
Pre- and post-tests are administered before and after sessions, to assess student learning.
Queens College:
Professor Alexandra de Luise presented on Queens College’s Library Instruction program. Queens librarians taught 416 classes across the curriculum in 2002-2003 (in three semester – including summer). About 65 of the total number of 80 sections of Eng 110 requested instruction. The library offered 10 sections of LIB 100 (called Information Literacy, this is the library’s elective credit offering, with no prerequisites, and may be taken anytime in the student’s college career). Some adjuncts are used at times to accommodate the workload.
Graduate Education classes form the largest client group, with two librarians dedicated to teaching classes for that department.
14 of the library’s librarians are involved in instruction.
4 classrooms are available for instruction (I demo room, a small electronic classroom, a lab with 31 workstations, and a small room with 8 stations).
A pilot program is currently under way, as an initiative in collaboration with the English composition program. 10 faculty members agreed to have two library sessions of 1 hour 40 minutes each for their classes, as well a s a third workshop. 5 librarians are to teach these sessions. Attempts will be made to assess the program. Further expansion would however need more staff and classrooms.
John Jay:
Professor Kathy Killoran presented on John Jay’s program.
John Jay current program consists of one-shot BI sessions “for selected classes,” sessions for the research methods components of the majors, and 30 minute “mini-classes” on specific resources or topics.
Plan in progress for targeting of specific groups (collaboration on the integration of information literacy into Speech and English Department one hundred level offerings – SPE 113, ENG 101, and ENG 102.
English 101/102 courses to be revised, information literacy principles to built into the courses.
Funding received for Information Literacy librarian line.
Librarian on curriculum committee (currently chairs New Courses Committee).
Information Literacy committee (made up of 3 librarians, 12 classroom faculty, and Associate Provost.
Work of Information Literacy Task Force currently driven by Middle States.
Library to pursue the creation of a library curriculum committee.
Students in ENG 101 to be surveyed on self-assessment of research skills.
Library would like to survey faculty on faculty perception of what student know and where they are lacking.
Meeting
adjourned.
Submitted
by:
Edward
Owusu-Ansah