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Toni M. CarterGregory J. SchmidtAuburn University Libraries
Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy August 2013
Transforming Students Through Two Literacies: the integration of sustainability literacy into information literacy classes
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• American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) Institutional “climate neutrality” Sustainability in the curriculum
• Sustainability literacyA socio-environmental conceptThinking, problem solving, decision making, and
actions
Why Sustainability?
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• Historic: crop rotation, soil tillage, energy efficiency
• 2004: Sustainability initiative• 2008:
Office of Sustainability organized Sustainability Studies minor created
• 2010: AU Libraries and academic sustainabilityLibrarian liaison Materials budget
Auburn University: Sustainability at the Institution
carolina terp CC BY-SA 2.0
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• Megan R. Stark (2011) “...little has been written on the connections between library instruction and sustainability.”
• Higher education engagement• Embedding the green message• Various names for sustainability literacy• Interdisciplinary courses• Librarians sometimes left out of curriculum
Literature Review
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English composition
• Students have choice of themed class• Two to three library sessions• Similar outcomes (based on ACRL) covered in
most classes• Active learning
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English composition
Topic development Introduction to sustainability vocabulary
Keywords/synonyms More exposure to sustainability vocabulary
Databases How and where to find scholarly sources on
sustainability
Evaluating sources How to evaluate sustainability sources on
the Web Sustainability is a legit academic pursuit
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Sustainability Studies
• Sustainability Studies minorSUST2000 - Introduction to Sustainability 9 hours of electivesSUST5000 – Senior capstone
• Library instruction for SUST courses Interdisciplinary Fundamental skill development and exposure to subject databases as needed.
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Introduction to Sustainability – 2 session program• Session One
Objective: reinforce information literacy outcomes
Topic development, keywording, source evaluation
• Session TwoIntroduction to sustainability-specific
resourcesSubject-specific databases: social sciences,
engineering, business.
Sustainability Studies Library Instruction
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• 9 hour requirement
• 41 courses; 19 academic units
• Courses not restricted to students in the sustainability minor
• Library instruction infrequent
Sustainability departmental electives
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Research project - sustainability proposal for Auburn, AL
• Library Instruction50 MinutesLight on fundamentalsFocus on useful resources
• Librarian ParticipationProject scopePresentation reviewer
Urban Geography (GEOG5010)Library instruction and collaboration
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The future
• Library engagement with academic sustainabilityContinued outreach effort to Sustainability
OfficeDepartmental elective courses
• Assessment Seek out collaborative relationships Assessment within library instruction
classes
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Questions? Thank you!
Chapter in Focus on Educating for Sustainability: Toolkit for Academic Libraries (Maria A. Jankowska, editor) 2013
Toni Carter [email protected] Schmidt [email protected]