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CofC Libraries Instruction and Assessment: LIBR 105

CofC Librarians and Archivists are available to provide credit bearing, scheduled, and point of need instruction to ensure users have access to regular and timely instruction in the use of library and other learning/information resources.

LIBR 105: Resources for Research

LIBR 105 Resources for Research provides students with the skills and strategies needed to locate, evaluate, analyze, and apply information resources from a variety of media. The course concentrates on academic library resources but the skills and tools covered in the course are applicable for any kind of information need. 

LIBR 105 Goals, SLOs, and Rubrics

  • Goal 1: Evaluate content critically, including dynamic, online content that changes and evolves, such as article preprints, blogs, and wikis.
  • Goal 2: Understand personal privacy, information ethics, and intellectual property issues in changing technology environments.
  • Goal 3: Share information and collaborate in a variety of participatory environments.
  • Goal 4: Demonstrate ability to connect learning and research strategies with lifelong learning processes and personal, academic, and professional goals

By the end of the course you will be able to:

  1. Develop compelling research questions

  2. Identify contextually appropriate tools and resources to answer research questions

  3. Employ effective and efficient search strategies to find a range of appropriate information sources

  4. Critically evaluate information according to discipline specific parameters of authority

  5. Use information ethically, avoiding plagiarism and respecting the intellectual property of others

  6. Contribute to ongoing scholarly conversation by producing new information content and building on previous scholarly efforts

At this time, the signature assignment for all LIBR 105 sections is the annotated bibliography. Depending on how the assignment is offered in your course, use one of the two standardized rubrics. 

Course Syllabi

Elena Rodriguez is the designated reviewer for LIBR 105 syllabi. Prior to instructing, please email your syllabus to Elena for review.

All LIBR 105 Syllabi need to contain the course goals and student learning outcomes stated above. The current signature assignment for LIBR 105 assessment is the annotated bibliography. The following links from Academic Affairs will assist you in crafting your syllabus.

Faculty must state on their syllabi how they will verify attendance, regardless if the student has entered the OAKS course. This is pertinent to us since we are asynchronous online, and students may enter our course without completing or reviewing anything.

  • Example: If a syllabus states attendance is verified by the completion of a syllabus quiz, and the student does not complete this activity and is unresponsive to communication attempts, removing them from the grade roll is appropriate.

If a student has “verified” their attendance but is failing to complete work in the course, faculty should communicate/ discuss options with the student which may include withdrawing from the course with a W by the deadline set on the Academic Calendar. 

Express I

  • Use the special column in “final grades” in Faculty Grade Entry in the MyPortal Faculty Dashboard by the date specified on the academic calendar.

Express II 

  • Deletions from the grade roll should be submitted within the week specified by the class roll verification date on the academic calendar. 

As of Fall 2020, WA is no longer a grade option, as voted on by Faculty Senate. Adjustments to existing attendance statements should be made accordingly.

  • Example: Since WA was the equivalent to an F, it is recommended to change our syllabus statements for excessive absences to “you will fail the course” instead of “you will receive a WA.”​​​​​

Grade of Incomplete

It is at the teaching faculty's discretion to give a student an Incomplete grade for their course. Offering an Incomplete is best used when you have been working with a student and/or they have explained a circumstance that has prevented them from completing one or two final assignments. It does not mean they get a free pass as they still have work to do, and it is strongly recommended you have a written agreement acknowledged/ signed by the student so there are clear expectations of what needs to be completed and by what deadline. 

Steps to Offer an Incomplete

  1. Input their final grade as an I to represent an Incomplete.
  2. Draft an agreement or contract with your student to outline your expectations 
  3. Once student has completed their work, use the Change of Grade Form to correct their grade
    • Change of Grade Form is available in MyPortal > My Forms > Heading Registrar's Office > Change of Grade - Undergraduate
    • If you DO NOT change a grade from an Incomplete, it will automatically covert to a grade of F.

Notes:

Course goals adopted from Mackey, T., & Jacobson, T. (2014, September 11). Goals and learning objectives. Retrieved July 2, 2015, from Metaliteracy.org website:      http://metaliteracy.org/learning-objectives/.  

SLOS adapted from Carncross, M. (2014). LIB 201: Using libraries today [Syllabus]. Retrieved July 2, 2015.