Foster Information Literate Students

Intervention Can Help Boost Student Performance

Disappointed by the Quality of Student Papers/Projects/Presentations?

Information literacy can boost class performance.

Concerned about students that are getting behind, appearing more confused and overwhelmed with each class assignment? It’s not too late to avert a regrettable outcome.

Information literacy fosters student success

• That’s why the California Community Colleges have incorporated information literacy standards into every CCC curriculum
  

LBCC Librarians promote information literacy by:

• Orientations that provide step by step demonstrations of how to find, retrieve, organize, evaluate and synthesize the facts, opinions, statistics, and other information they need for their assignments
  

• Collaborating with instructional faculty to develop assignments that will motivate (perhaps even inspire) students by helping them appreciate the valueof research that goes beyond a web browser
  

It’s easy to schedule an orientation for your class, electronically via the Library web
site at http://lib.lbcc.edu/forms/orientation.cfm ; or print the form, complete it, and send to Kim Barclay (LAC) or Dr. Sethuraman (PCC). One can also complete the form at the
reference desks at LAC or PCC Library.

For more information contact: Kim Barclay kbarclay@lbcc.edu

Library Update #78