Quality Enhancement Plan

There should be an assignment to accompany any level selected. Level 3 will also include level 1 & 2,so Librarian and ILA will provide input to the information literacy (IL) assignment. However, librarians and ILAs won't offer input on other graded assignment(s) throughout the course. 

This is supplemental material for students to complete in levels 2, 3 and 4 of librarian intervention. It's similar to a library introduction session which will help students improve their research and writing skills. The information literacy tutorial includes a 19-question quiz.

If you are currently an LSSC student, you can apply to become a Student Ambassador.  You will assist in hosting Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) initiatives & events that influence the larger student population to participate in and embody “Information Literacy.” Essentially, Ambassadors will serve as the liaisons between the QEP Steering Committee and student body. For more information, please contact the Program Coordinator: Toni Upchurch at upchurct@lssc.edu

Once approved by the SACS visiting team, the project will run from 2021 until 2026. At the end of each year, data from the project will be reported.

QEP steering committee have been planning the details of the project in conjunction with faculty and staff from across Lake-Sumter. Students will also be involved in the project, either by becoming a QEP Student Ambassador or by your professor piloting the LI Model in their classroom.

We will be implementing the Librarian Intervention Model (LIM), which has been used in ENC 1101 classes. Librarians were embedded in the course to directly assist students with research help, citations, information literacy concepts, and technology concerns. This collaboration benefits students by providing a better understanding of information literacy standards that helps the student to write better research papers. Based on these early successes, the LIM model will be modified and expanded to other disciplines at the College.

It is important to learn information literacy skills to help navigate through information overload, which we experience every day.

According to the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), “information literacy is the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning.”

The QEP is a 5-year project designed to improve student learning across the college and every 10 years the college goes through SACSCOC reaffirmation process for accreditation.

Information Literacy is our QEP topic.  Information literacy is the ability to identify, evaluate, use, and cite information effectively.