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Information Competency	Examples of Class Content

Research methods	Developing a search strategy. Determining which type of resource to use. Difference between primary and secondary sources. Recognizing how to alter searches that retrieve too much or too little information.
Technology literacy	Awareness of the diversity of technologies. Understanding that not all information can be found via the computer. Keyboard skills. Internet navigation skills. Boolean logic, field searching.
Ethical and legal implications	Concepts of intellectual property and copyright. Plagiarism. Theft and mutilation of library materials.

Curriculum Development and Library Literacy Prof. Christine Stenstrom The preparation of proposals for new courses or programs offers an excellent opportunity for teaching faculty and librarians to work as partners in curriculum development. Librarians can provide expert guidance to faculty in the completion of the "Library/Facilities Articulation and Information Literacy" sections on pages 9 through 11 of the "Course Proposal Form." Librarians will give you a realistic evaluation of the collection's strengths and weaknesses in a proposed course's subject area, as well as suggestions for the book, journal, and media titles required on the form. Each department and program has a library faculty member assigned to it as a liaison. To ensure that the information literacy component of your course is successfully met, contact your liaison early in the proposed process. Your liaison can provide valuable input in the use of print and electronic sources that can help you design library based assignments that will boost your students' research skills and overall information literacy. The important (Continued on next page)