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Information Literacy for Music & Drama

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• UConn General Education Information Literacy Requirement
• Information Literacy in Music
• Information Literacy in Drama
• Just for Students ...

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• Library Instruction (music/drama)
• Reference Service

UConn General Education Information Literacy Requirement

The University’s new General Education Guidelines go into effect Fall 2005. These guidelines stipulate that information literacy exit expectations are to be established for each undergraduate major by the department responsible for the major, with the assistance of the department’s library liaison.

The General Education Oversight Committee’s Subcommittee on Information Literacy prepared three documents to assist departments as they establish information literacy expectations. (The third link below is courtesy of the UConn Libraries.)

• Information Literacy Fact Sheet on the ACRL Standards for Higher Education
  Helps faculty distinguish between basic and advanced information literacy competencies. The Basic Level expectations are those to be acquired through the Freshman English and FYE programs. The Advanced Level competencies are those to be acquired through the curriculum of the student’s major field of study.
• Gen Ed Information Literacy Competency Instruction Sheet (for programs offering a major)
  Suggests a strategy for departments to follow in establishing Advanced Level information literacy competencies. Includes a link to the full ACRL guidelines.

• Information Literacy Program Mission (UConn Libraries)
  Includes links to detailed lists of desired outcomes, ACRL guidelines, and the full Gen Ed requirements.

• Form: Program Plan For Information Literacy and Sample Plans
  Due to GEOC October 15, 2004 (after approval by SFA).

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Information Literacy in Music

• Information Literacy Instructional Objectives for Undergraduate Music Students. By Paul Cary et al. Published in Notes 62, no. 3 (March 2006): 663-679.
          Available via Project Muse: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/notes/v062/62.3cary.pdf

  Based on standards established by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL). Drafted by the Bibliographic Instruction Subcommittee of the Music Library Association. Includes bibliography. (Note: GEOC based the current Information Literacy Gen Ed requirements on the ACRL standards.)

• Abromeit, Kathleen A. "Info Lit and the Diva: Integrating Information Literacy into the Oberlin Conservatory of Music Opera Theater Department." Notes 60, no. 3 (March 2004): 632-52.
          Available via Project Muse: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/notes/v060/60.3abromeit.pdf

• Christensen, Beth. "Warp, Weft, and Waffle: Weaving Information Literacy into an Undergraduate Music Curriculum." Notes 60, no. 3 (March 2004): 616-31.
          Available via Project Muse: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/notes/v060/60.3christensen.pdf
  

• Pierce, Deborah. "Information Literacy and the Music Library." Notes 60, no. 3 (March 2004): 613-15.
          Available via Project Muse: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/notes/v060/60.3pierce.pdf

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Information Literacy in Drama

There are numerous finding aids and citations to articles on the Internet, but no identified Information Literacy standards. Further research will be needed.

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Just for Students . . .

Research 101 (interactive tutorial for general research skills)

Information Literacy Tutorials (an index to the two links above)

Information Literacy Competencies: What Students Need to Know
(Students: Take charge of your education!)

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