The Nazarbayev University (NU) Library and Information Literacy (LILY) Program was launched in 2018 to achieve student success across all schools of the university. The mission of the NU Library's Information Literacy Program is to develop active lifelong learners and critical thinkers in the community. The program will help them improve their abilities to search, access, evaluate, apply, and acknowledge the right information they need.
The American Library Association (ALA), international professional library associations, library educators, and librarian practitioners promote Information Literacy as a standard program in promoting student learning. It is said that a student who is information literate can access information efficiently and effectively, evaluate information critically and competently, and can use information accurately and creatively (ALA, 2000).
Faculty members have the opportunity to request each of the following modules one at a time and may select modules that are more appropriate for their classes. It is advisable if students will be able to start with the library orientation and shall attend all the other four modules.
The description of each module can be found in the top menu. It contains specific learning outcomes and learning objectives. Please contact your Subject Librarian for more information.
At the end of the discussion, the students are expected to:
Identify the need for information and find the right resources by exploring various search strategies to be able to answer research questions.
At the end of the discussion, the students are expected to analyze the value of information in their personal and professional lives, Furthermore, they should:
Discern diverse sources and formats of information and distinguish the appropriate level of publication types by its currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose in order to evaluate and use these resources to support arguments and hypotheses.
At the end of the discussion, the students are expected to:
Search, collect, manage, refer and cite reliable information as evidence.
At the end of the discussion, the students are expected to:
Differentiate own ideas and the intellectual property of others to demonstrate academic integrity and use information ethically.
At the end of the discussion, the students are expected to: