ENGL100/105 Info Lit Overview
Starting Fall 2022: CSM Library Information Literacy Tutorial
- Starting in Fall 2022 the CSM Library continues to support ENGL100 and ENGL105 courses as described in the Spring 2022 Pilot Program with only the following changes:
- Starting in Fall 2022 the standardized CSM Library Information Literacy Tutorial is now its own non-graded Canvas course. All ENGL100/105 students will be automatically enrolled in at the start of each semester and ENGL instructors will have access to student completion data as needed.
Pilot Program Spring 2022
- The Spring 2022 Pilot Program continued the pairing of CSM librarians with ENGL 100 and ENGL105 sections with some significant changes:
- Paired Librarians act as a connection and point of contact for ENGL students and the CSM Library without any required instructional sessions
- A standardized required Information Literacy Tutorial embedded in every ENGL100/105 Canvas course for all ENGL100/105 students
- No required research sessions
- Instructional sessions or additional supporting materials are optional and must be requested by the ENGL instructor using the library's instruction request form
- Additional research/instructional sessions or other materials may be presented/created by a course's paired librarian or other CSM Librarian depending on availability and scheduling
The original intent of the ENGL100/105-Library pairing was to teach early English students the fundamentals of information literacy rather than provide instructional sessions to support their English assignments. Over the years the purpose of the partnership has become muddled as librarians provided more and more custom content to courses that helped support ENGL assignments rather than reinforce information literacy tenets. This Pilot Program was an attempt to return to the original intent of the partnership and provide consistent, high-quality information literacy instruction to early ENGL students.
Whether or not Info Comp belongs embedded in ENGL courses is an ongoing discussion with both librarians and the English department and may change in the future.
2020-2021
- Due to the pandemic and shift to increased online instruction, CSM librarians provided support and information literacy instruction to their paired ENGL courses in a variety of modalities including synchronous sessions, asynchronous videos, and other synchronous and asynchronous methods depending the the needs and demands of ENGL courses
2015-2020
- All sections of ENGL100 and ENGL105 at CSM partnered with a CSM librarian who provides two 50 minute information literacy sessions throughout the course of the semester and provided other library support as needed; this satisfies the college's graduation Information Competency Requirement
- LIBR100 still satisfies the requirement but LIBR100 course offerings are significantly reduced as a result of the ENGL pairing
2010-2015
- Info Comp requirement satisfied by LIBR100 or Info Comp Exam
