Build Sustainable Collaboration : Developing and Assessing Metaliteracy Across Information Ecosystems

This paper presents and describes the goals and beginnings of an ongoing, collaborative assessment project designed by a librarian and a writing program faculty member at a medium-sized, doctoral/research university. Librarians at this institution have integrated research instruction within the university’s first-year writing program for over 30 years and since 2010, librarians and writing faculty have designed adaptable, teaching modules that integrate new media and research tools into the writing curriculum. These modules were inspired by the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. The institution’s accreditation process has also prompted institutional self-reflection that observes the continued impact of library instruction on students’ achievement. With the 2015-adopted ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education in mind, the authors use assessment data, student essays, and student self-reflections to reconsider the teaching and assessment of information literacy learning. Conference presentation from ACRL 2015 Conference, Portland, OR, March 25-28, 2015.