Purdue Libraries presents a new information literacy mission statement: Purdue University Libraries’ research-based information literacy programming empowers Purdue’s diverse communities of learners to use information critically to learn and to create new knowledge, fostering academic, personal, and professional success. A team of Libraries faculty (Catherine Fraser Riehle, Ilana Stonebraker, and Clarence Maybee) led a process more…
The Purdue University Libraries, Discovery Learning Research Center, and Center for Instructional Excellence present The 5th Information Literacy Research Symposium “Toward Informed Learning in Professional Practice” By Dr. Mary Somerville Tuesday, October 29, 2013 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Purdue University West Lafayette Campus During the morning presentation, eminent library more…
Information literacy scholar, Dr. Christine Bruce, presented the 2012 Information Literacy Research Symposium on August 13, 2012 in Hicks Undergraduate Library, Room B848. This event was co-sponsored by the Purdue University Libraries and the Discovery Learning and Research Center (DLRC). Dr. Bruce outlined informed learning, a pedagogy for teaching how to use information in subject-focused more…
As part of the Information Literacy Symposium series directed by Dr. Sharon Weiner, Dr. Paulette Kerr gave a lecture and workshop at Purdue on Friday, November 11, 2011. Both the morning and afternoon sessions were quite intriguing, as Dr. Kerr shared the findings from her doctoral research into espoused and practiced theories that inform information more…
