Work

Information Literacy in Science and Engineering Undergraduate Education: Faculty Attitudes and Pedagogical Practices

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: What are science and engineering faculty doing with respect to the development of information literacy in their undergraduate students? To explore this question, science and engineering faculty at two large Canadian universities were surveyed and interviewed regarding their perceptions of their students’ information literacy skills and their own pedagogical practices related to such skills. Faculty awareness of, and support for, a variety of bibliographic instruction methods and the perceived role of science and engineering librarians in information literacy instruction also were investigated. Based on the survey results, suggestions for the design of library instruction for science and engineering undergraduates are made.

Source: College & Research Libraries

DOI: 10.5860/crl.60.1.9

Authors: Gloria J. Leckie, Anne Fullerton

Institutions: Western University, University of Waterloo

Language: English

Topic: Library Science and Information Literacy

Subfield: Library and Information Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: American Library Association