In the spring of 2006 the CCAC Library formed the Library Instruction Task Group, with the purpose of reviewing library instruction and determining other ways the library can support college-wide information literacy. The task group was formed in response to the development of the CCAC General Education Learning Goals by the college's Assessment of Student Learning (ASL) Committee.
To this end, the task group developed a library specific information literacy plan, beginning work with a review of library instruction content. Based on the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, the components of information literacy most useful to CCAC were identified as Instructional Outcomes [PDF Format]. These components have been incorporated into standard library Levels of Instruction [PDF Format], as well as into the new online information literacy tutorial, i-CONNECT.
The task group also identified other areas, based on the ACRL standards, where the library can collaborate with faculty to incorporate information literacy into college instruction. There are new library web pages dedicated to information literacy, with links identifying library instruction offerings and other areas in which the library supports information literacy at CCAC.