Learning Goals & Objectives

Goal 1
Create/reformulate an Information Literacy Council for planning of all information literacy related issues.

Objective 1
Redesign the council membership to accurately reflect all parties effected.

Objective 2
Adopt free-flowing discussion in the creation and ongoing refinement of information literacy goals and objective.

 Goal 2
Redesign the information literacy web site to effectively present all related information and services in a coherent and user-friendly format.

Objective 1
Assess existing web site with council and LibQual survey input.

Objective 2
Implement the use current best practices in web design.

 Goal 3
Integrate information literacy into the general education program as critical component of the basic educational process.

Objective 1
Build information literacy outcomes into the general education curriculum.

Objective 2
Provide basic library instruction for all entry-level students through the Entry Year Experience (EYE) curriculum within every EYE class.

Objective 3
Design and teach one EYE class itself focused on information literacy.

Objective 4
Make Information Literacy a required course for all incoming freshmen

Goal 4
Infuse information literacy into all USM coursework.

Objective 1
Create information literacy as an outcome of all USM coursework.

Objective 2
Make information literacy a part of the overall academic planning process.

Objective 3
Build a strong alliance with the faculty senate.

Goal 5
Integrate information literacy into off-campus courses, as well as the full diversity of USM non-degree programming and events.

Objective 1
Establish off-campus contacts for promotion of instruction

Objective 2
Institute a program of instruction and training off-campus per staffing limits

Objective 3
Include information literacy links on the Distance Learning homepage.

Objective 4
Make the library a key element in all institution-wide programming and event planning using information literacy as the focus.

Goal 6
Provide a program of faculty training and discussion related to library resources and services using information literacy as the foundation.

Objective 1
Create a series faculty/library discussion groups for timely feedback and dialogue.

Objective 2
Create walk-in training sessions for faculty.

Goal 7
Market library resources and services institution-wide using information literacy as the focus.

Objective 1
Create an efficient and thriving public relations program for the library using all media devices.

Objective 2
Make the library a key planning partner in all IT and Web design planning.

 

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