Integrating STEM Information Competencies into an Undergraduate Curriculum
Abstract
Students in science disciplines often arrive at college without experience using primary science literature and lacking in skills required to manipulate information. A cohesive, curriculum-integrated information literacy program is crucial in teaching science majors how to determine information needs and to locate, evaluate, synthesize, and use information. Described are the best practices, challenges, and assessment tools as applied in the implementation of a four-year science information literacy program at a large state university.
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Effectively structured partnerships between campus librarians and STEM faculty can support student learning and scientific literacy.
“past work has identified that effectively structured partnerships between campus librarians and STEM faculty can support student learning and scientific literacy (Scaramozzino, 2010; Schilling and Applegate, 2012).”
From Reading Primary Scientific Literature: Approaches for Teaching Students in the Undergraduate STEM Classroom (2023) · cites this paper as Scaramozzino, 2010
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“These resources developed by librarians can be invaluable for instructors to help guide students on using campus databases, locating articles appropriate to their discipline and interests, conducting literature searches, and differentiating between research and review articles; past work has identified that effectivel…”
Background
- Authors
- Scaramozzino, J. M.
- Affiliations
- California Polytechnic State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Scaramozzino, Jeanine M.
- Venue
- Journal of Library Administration
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2010-04-20
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 315-333
- ISSN
- 0193-0826 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-3564
- OpenAlex
- W2015700956
- Cited by
- 47
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 24.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Library Administration (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Library Science and Information Literacy
- Social Sciences › Education › Science Education and Pedagogy
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Library Science and Information
- Keywords
- information literacy, undergraduate science curriculum, curriculum integration, information needs assessment, information evaluation, information synthesis, library instruction, assessment instruments
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