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Primary Research Group has
published The Survey of Best Practices in Developing
Online Information Literacy Tutorials, ISBN
978-1-57440-247-6.
The study looks closely at how
academic libraries are developing and deploying online
information literacy tutorials exploring issues such as
spending, budgets, staffing, range and qualifications of staff
used for tutorial development, software use, time frame for
tutorial development, conceptions of what constitutes a
quality tutorial, assessment of library efforts, marketing to
students and faculty, cooperation with other institutions,
frequency of tutorial revision, measurement of student
outcomes, and other issues in the development and use of
online information literacy tutorials.
The study was devised with the
assistance of Jennifer Holland and Yvonne Mercy of the
University of Arizona Libraries, and Erica DeFrain of the
University of Vermont Library. The summary of main findings
was written by Holland and DeFrain.
Just a few of the main findings
from this exhaustive 285-page study are
that:
- The mean number of
information literacy tutorials per library in the sample
was 27.92, and the median was 10.50.
- The library homepage
was listed as the most popular access point for online
information literacy tutorials, followed by subject
guides, course guides, and YouTube.
- Nearly 69 percent of
tutorials used by the libraries in the sample were
created in-house.
- A third of the
libraries sampled report using the tutorials of other
libraries.
- The following
institutions were cited by survey participants for
excellence in tutorial development and a source of
imitation or inspiration: Cardiff University, Clark College,
Costal Carolina University, Cooperative Library
Instruction Project, Glasgow Caledonian (UK), Kent State,
Manor College, Michigan State University, North Carolina
State University, Open University (UK), Penn State, Rutgers,
South African Universities, TILT, University of Arizona,
University of California-Irvine, University of
Illinois-Chicago, University of Pittsburgh, University of
Sydney, University of Texas-Austin, University of
Texas-Houston, Vanderbilt, Wayne State University, West
Chester University, and Western Oregon
University.
- About a quarter of
the libraries sampled assigned only one person to the
task of developing information literacy tutorials for the
library.
- Only a third of
librarians sampled felt that their institutions provided
adequate support for tutorial development.
- 43.75 percent of
respondents from community colleges indicated that it
took less than 10 hours to develop an information
literacy tutorial.
- 2.56 percent of the
libraries sampled used their own in-house developed
software to create tutorials.
Data is broken out by size and
type of library, for U.S. and foreign libraries, and for
public and private colleges. The report ($89.00) is available
from Primary Research Group and also from major book vendors
such as Amazon, Baker & Taylor, Yankee Book Peddler,
Midwest Library Services, Overdrive, Research and Markets, and
other distributors of content. For a free excerpt, table of
contents, and list of survey participants, or to place an
order, visit our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com.