• GCC Research Project on Information Competency (Status Report 2007)
• Information Competency: Challenges and Strategies for Development (pdf)
  The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, adopted Fall 2002
• Information Competency Instruction in a Two-Year College: One Size Does Not Fit All (pdf)
  Deborah Moore, Steve Brewster, Cynthia Dorroh, and Michael Moreau
• Summary of Research at GCC
• Other Research on Information Competency

Summary of Research at GCC

GCC Students (Fall 2007)	GCC Librarians (Fall 2007)
Credit FTES = 6,151	5 Full-time Librarians (1 on leave)
Headcount = 16, 560

 

Year	Student Enrollment in Library Workshops
Fall 2007	2260
Spring 2007	2383
Fall 2006	2967
Spring 2006	2292
Fall 2005	2160
Spring 2005	1591
Fall 2004	1426
Spring 2004	1070
Fall 2003	1538
Spring 2003	1116
Fall 2002	2028
Spring 2002	2244
Fall 2001	2077
Spring 2001	1658
Fall 2000	1979
Spring 2000	1562
Fall 1999	1692

Research on GCC's Library Workshop Program:

GCC's research project on library workshops began with a Fund for Student Success (FSS) grant in 1999. After 2002, GCC continued to support the workshops as well as the research.

• Research on the library workshops measures students in ESL 151, ENG 120, and ENG101 courses.
• Students who attended workshops are compared with those who didn't in the same courses.
• Statistical significance is determined by chi-squared tests.
• Course retention and course success are measured.
  • Retention is defined as the percentage of students enrolled at census who receive a grade (not W)
  • Success is definied as the percentage of students enrolled at census who receive an A, B, C, or credit.
• Students who participated in library workshops typically had significantly better course outcomes.

See GCC Research Project on Information Competency for more detailed information.

Research on GCC's Library 191 Course:

GCC's research project on Library 191: Introduction to Information Competency began with a Fund for Instructional Improvement (FII) grant in 2001. Each semester, several sections of Library 191 have been paired with several of English 101. After 2003, GCC continued to support the pairing of Library 191 courses with English 101 courses as well as the research.

• Research on Library 191 evaluates the impact of the course on student outcomes.
• Students who took Library 191 were matched with a randomly selected control group on
  • enrollment status
  • prior GPA
  • primary language
  • units attempted
• These two groups were compared over several semesters on
  • semester GPA
  • units completed
  • persistence to next semester (note: failure to persist may indicate graduation or transfer to university)
• Statistical significance was determined by a matched-pairs t-test.
• Results showed that students passing Library 191 had higher GPA's and completed more units than the matched comparison group. These results were statistically significant.

See GCC Research Project on Information Competency for more detailed information.

Other Research on Information Competency

If you know of other research projects being conducted on information literacy or information competency instruction programs, please send information about the research and/or contact information to Deborah Moore at dmoore@glendale.edu.

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