URI Libraries’ information literacy program recognized

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island Libraries’ information literacy program has been cited for its best practices.

The worldwide Association of College and Research Libraries has recognized the information literacy program at URI’s Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons in three out of 10 “Best Practice” categories: “Goals and Objectives,” “Articulation within the Curriculum” and “Pedagogy.”

Head of Instructional Services and professor Mary C. MacDonald and her colleagues in the Library Public Services Department worked to develop and implement the award-winning practices.

Twelve institutions of higher education (including one library from Great Britain) were selected for recognition. Only four of those institutions received recognition for three or more categories.

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According to a press release from URI, the Association of College and Research Libraries said, “URI’s information literacy plan exemplifies a staged articulation of goals and objectives serving the university’s goals for general education and other programs, as well as the university and library’s mission and vision.”

The university’s new general-education program includes information literacy.

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