Smith Denise A, Sanger Stephanie
Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.
J Can Health Libr Assoc. 2023 Aug 1;44(2):27-35. doi: 10.29173/jchla29666. eCollection 2023 Aug.
The Health Sciences Library and Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHSc) program at McMaster University worked together to build a multi-year information literacy (IL) curriculum embedded within the program under a suite of courses called Praxis Pathways.
Praxis Pathways consists of four Threads. Thread 4: information literacy is the focus of this case report. The authors will describe the multi-year embedded IL curriculum, which is scaffolded to build both IL skills, such as database searching, and introduce students to key conceptual conversations in IL, production, and dissemination.
BHSc program graduates in 2023 will be the first to have completed all four years of the Praxis Pathways courses, including the IL program developed and delivered by the library. The authors will describe how the impact of the program will be evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively going forward.
Embedded librarianship for multi-year, scaffolded IL education in undergraduate programs continues to be a rarity, despite acknowledgement that one-shot instruction has several limitations. The authors present this case report to share how they embedded a for-credit IL curriculum in an undergraduate program that looks beyond the one-shot, skill-based tutorial and focuses on developing adaptive, information literate lifelong learners.
麦克马斯特大学健康科学图书馆与健康科学学士（BHSc）项目合作，在一系列名为“实践路径”的课程中构建了一个嵌入该项目的多年信息素养（IL）课程。
“实践路径”由四个线程组成。线程4：信息素养是本案例报告的重点。作者将描述这个多年嵌入的IL课程，它通过逐步搭建来培养诸如数据库检索等IL技能，并引导学生参与IL、知识产出和传播方面的关键概念性探讨。
2023年的BHSc项目毕业生将成为首批完成“实践路径”课程全部四年学习的学生，包括由图书馆开发和授课的IL课程。作者将描述该项目的影响在未来将如何进行定性和定量评估。
尽管人们认识到一次性教学有若干局限性，但在本科项目中开展多年、逐步搭建的嵌入式图书馆服务以进行IL教育仍然很少见。作者撰写本案例报告，以分享他们如何在一个本科项目中嵌入一个学分制IL课程，该课程超越了一次性、基于技能的教程，专注于培养适应性强、具备信息素养的终身学习者。
