Britt Anna Fagerheim

Instruction in a Virtual Environment: Assessing the Needs for an Online Tutorial

Wendy Holliday et al. — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:16:16 PST

In 2002, librarians at the Utah State University (USU) Libraries were awarded a grant to develop online tutorials. The major design challenge was to create tutorials specific to USU resources and students, including distance learners, while also making them flexible so that other Utah colleges and universities can adapt them for their own needs. The tutorials also needed to address the information behavior of a new generation of students accustomed to using computers and the Internet. While recent studies have begun to address some gaps in our knowledge of the information behavior of the Web Generation, we conducted a needs assessment to help us create a tutorial that more accurately addresses the existing knowledge and behavior of undergraduates at USU. We used multiple methods to determine the learning needs of our audience and to provide guidance for the design process.

Information Literacy Rubrics Within the Disciplines

Britt A. Fagerheim et al. — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 11:07:35 PST

This paper reports the results of a pilot project in which the authors developed rubrics for assessing information literacy in the disciplines and examined whether rubrics are a feasible and effective method for librarians to assess their students’ information literacy skills. We developed rubrics for capstone classes in chemistry and psychology based on benchmarks appropriate for each major. We then used the rubrics to assess the research and information literacy skills the students displayed in their papers or projects.

Piloting Purchase on Demand: Collection Development Through Interlibrary Loan

Carol Kochan et al. — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:56:25 PDT

This presentation addresses Utah State University’s (USU) philosophy of patron driven acquisition and collection building, the development and workflow of our pilot interlibrary loan purchase on demand policy, and our assessment of the program through spring 2010.

Integrating Information Literacy with a Sequenced English Composition Curriculum

Wendy Holliday et al. — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:29:54 PST

This article details the process of implementing a sequenced information literacy program for two core English composition courses at Utah State University. An extensive needs assessment guided the project, leading to a curriculum design process with the goal of building a foundation for deeper critical thinking skills. The curriculum development and implementation process highlights several of the advantages of using the course-integrated model of instruction to develop a more comprehensive information literacy program.

Vital Business Educators Perceptions about the Usefulness of Business Education Periodicals

James C. Scott et al. — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:43:11 PDT

Taking the sting out of tax season: A reference department/school of accountancy collaboration

Britt A. Fagerheim — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:29:23 PDT