Digital Scholarship@UNLV

Title

Bridging the Information Literacy Gap: First-Year Students Reflect for Success

Authors

Jennifer L. Fabbi, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Dan Gianoutsos, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
David Forgues, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Meeting name

Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience

Meeting location

San Antonio, TX

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

2-21-2012

Abstract

UNLV Context

• Fall 2011: 22,138 undergraduate students; 72% were fulltime; 5135 freshmen with a 76.4% first-yr retention rate (2010 to 2011); 40.6% six-year graduation rate

• Budget-induced movement to large-enrollment classes – Program eliminations and consolidations underway

• General Education Reform developments – Articulation of University Undergraduate Learning Outcomes, especially Inquiry and Critical Thinking – New general education requirements extending vertically throughout the curriculum

• Focus on enhancing the first-year experience for incoming students

Keywords

Academic achievement; Academic libraries; Library orientation for college students; Library research

Disciplines

Curriculum and Instruction | Education Policy | Information Literacy | Library and Information Science

Comments

Presented at the Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience, San Antonio, TX.

File: 20 PowerPoint slides

Additional File: Handout, 2 pg

Repository Citation

Fabbi, J. L., Gianoutsos, D., Forgues, D. (2012, February). Bridging the Information Literacy Gap: First-Year Students Reflect for Success. Presentation at Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience, San Antonio, TX.

Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/libfacpresentation/86