{"id":136841,"date":"2022-01-11T13:55:40","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T20:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=136841"},"modified":"2022-01-13T11:27:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T18:27:42","slug":"two-uccs-faculty-win-first-ever-collaboration-for-information-literacy-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=136841","title":{"rendered":"Two UCCS faculty win first-ever Collaboration for Information Literacy Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/christin-hume-Hcfwew744z4-unsplash-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-136853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/christin-hume-Hcfwew744z4-unsplash-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/christin-hume-Hcfwew744z4-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/christin-hume-Hcfwew744z4-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/christin-hume-Hcfwew744z4-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption><meta charset=\"utf-8\">As digital skills and processes dominate not just the job market, but also daily life, information literacy has become a critical and foundational skill. Photo credit: Christin Hume, Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two UCCS faculty members have been recognized for their efforts to promote information literacy among college students with the first annual Collaboration for Information Literacy Prize, awarded by the Modern Language Association of America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lesley Ginsberg, Professor of English, and Larry Eames, Instruction Librarian, were honored for their collaboration on \u201cAmerican Literature from 1820 to 1900: Print Cultures,&#8221; an English 3350 course taught at UCCS during the fall 2020 semester and offered again in fall 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The inaugural Collaboration for Information Literacy Prize honors coursework developed in collaboration between department faculty members and academic librarians in literature, language and related disciplines. The award recognizes successful integration of the disciplinary objectives of the course with learning objectives in information literacy \u2014 the ability to find, evaluate and use information in all of its formats, from analog to digital sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-300x450.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"136880\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?attachment_id=136880\" class=\"wp-image-136880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-300x450.png 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1.png 408w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Lesley Ginsberg, Professor of English at UCCS<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2-300x450.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"136881\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?attachment_id=136881\" class=\"wp-image-136881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2-300x450.png 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2.png 408w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Larry Eames, Instruction Librarian at UCCS<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The committee praises Lesley Ginsberg and Larry Eames for their submission of English 3350, \u2018American Literature from 1820 to 1900: Print Cultures\u2019 for its comprehensive and advanced information literacy instruction,&#8221; wrote the selection committee, composed of faculty members from universities across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This literature course thoroughly embraces the Association of College and Research Libraries\u2019 information literacy framework, especially the information-creation process and the construction of authority, through a series of challenging and engaging activities. Particularly noteworthy is the leadership role that librarian Eames took in the mid-semester assessment in the course and the team\u2019s \u2018databases cheat sheet\u2019 assignment.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As digital skills and processes dominate not just the job market, but also daily life, information literacy has become a critical and foundational skill. In their collaboration on the course, Ginsberg and Eames wove these literacy skills into an online academic environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis recognition from a national organization is perhaps even more important during a time when the value of studying American literature before 1900 is underestimated, and when information literacy has become a central pillar of education for citizenship and for a fulfilled life,\u201d Ginsberg said. <meta charset=\"utf-8\">\u201cThe award also makes a difference for institutions such as UCCS with comparatively under-resourced libraries that nevertheless offer students meaningful research opportunities that develop important transferrable skills.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cConscious integration of information literacy and library instruction into course design only strengthens our work as educators to provide an impactful, holistic learning experience for students,\u201d Eames said. \u201cEspecially in the online environment, intentionality is crucial for weaving information literacy into the foundation of instruction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn about the award-winning course<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mla.hcommons.org\/core\/\" target=\"_blank\">Find the winning submission<\/a> for <meta charset=\"utf-8\">English 3350, &#8220;American Literature from 1820 to 1900: Print Cultures&#8221; in CORE, the MLA\u2019s open access repository for digital materials. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Lesley Ginsberg, Professor of English, and Larry Eames, Instruction Librarian, have been recognized for their efforts to promote information literacy among college students with the first annual Collaboration for Information Literacy Prize, awarded by the Modern Language Association of America. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=136841\" title=\"Two UCCS faculty win first-ever Collaboration for Information Literacy Prize\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":136959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,45,49],"tags":[86,140,51,127,302,329],"class_list":["post-136841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-arts-and-culture","category-campus-announcements","tag-college-of-letters-arts-and-sciences","tag-department-of-english","tag-featured","tag-kraemer-family-library","tag-office-of-research","tag-research"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Communique-Featured-Image-1400-x-1052-px-double-size-1.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-zB7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136841"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136904,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136841\/revisions\/136904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/136959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}