The Association of College and Research Libraries includes the ethical and legal use of information in the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education: The information literate student understands many of the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information and accesses and uses information ethically and legally.
Performance Indicator: The information literate student follows laws, regulations, institutional policies, and etiquette related to the access and use of information resources.
Outcomes Include:
a. Participates in electronic discussions following accepted practices (e.g. "Netiquette")
b. Uses approved passwords and other forms of ID for access to information resources
c. Complies with institutional policies on access to information resources
d. Preserves the integrity of information resources, equipment, systems and facilities
e. Legally obtains, stores, and disseminates text, data, images, or sounds
f. Demonstrates an understanding of what constitutes plagiarism and does not represent work attributable to others as his/her own
g. Demonstrates an understanding of institutional policies related to human subjects research
Performance Indicator: The information literate student acknowledges the use of information sources in communicating the product or performance.
Outcomes Include:
a. Selects an appropriate documentation style and uses it consistently to cite sources
b. Posts permission granted notices, as needed, for copyrighted material
http://catalog.ivcc.edu/pdf/ivcc-catalog-18-19.pdf p. 265-266
Respecting Intellectual Property/Blackboard SafeAssign LibGuide
Information Literacy table tents
Plagiarism Poster - Cheaters (in development)
Plagiarism Poster - Halloween .jpg
Avoiding Plagiarism Tutorial (available upon request)
Jason Beyer, Philosophy
Mark Brown, English
Mel Keiser, Art
Keith King, Biology
Betsy Klopcic, Psychology
Kirk Lockwood, English
Adam Oldaker, English
Pat Pence, Nursing
Tara Ptasnik, English
Jeff Spanbauer, History
Emily Vescogni, Learning Technologies
Frances Whaley, Library
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Last updated February 25, 2014.
Jason Beyer, Philosophy
Mark Brown, English
Mel Keiser, Art
Keith King, Biology
Kirk Lockwood, English
Adam Oldaker, English
Pat Pence, Nursing
Tara Ptasnik, English
Jeff Spanbauer, History
Emily Vescogni, Learning Technologies
Frances Whaley, Library
Resource |
Primary Creator/Contributor(s) |
Avoiding Plagiarism Tutorial | Kirk Lockwood, Frances Whaley, Adam Oldaker, Tara Ptasnik |
RIP Poster - Halloween | Pat Pence, student Kelly Stefaniak, Adam Oldaker |
RIP Poster - Cheaters | Mark Brown, Mel Keiser, Pat Pence, Lori Cinotte |
RIP/Safe Assign LibGuide | Emily Vescogni |
Information Literacy table tents | Frances Whaley, student Anthony Bubb |