Learning Curve: College to Workplace, Part 2: Graduate Experiences
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The document examines the transition from college to the workplace, focusing on employer expectations and graduate experiences. It highlights challenges such as a lack of structure in research tasks and the social nature of information seeking. Essential competencies identified include systematic evaluation of sources, critical reading, synthesis of information, and iterative research strategies.
Learning Curve: College to Workplace, Part 2: Graduate Experiences
- 1. LEARNING CURVE: COLLEGE TO WORKPLACE Part 1: Employer Expectations Part 2: Graduate Experiences PROJECT INFORMATION LITERACY – LEARNING CURVE: COLLEGE TO WORKPLACE Margaret Driscoll, MLIS
- 2. College graduates identify … CHALLENGES IN THE WORKPLACE An increased sense of urgency permeates the workplace Research tasks are assigned with little structure or direction Information seeking and use is highly contextual and fundamentally social PROJECT INFORMATION LITERACY – LEARNING CURVE: COLLEGE TO WORKPLACE
- 3. College graduates identify … ESSENTIAL INFORMATION COMPETENCIES FROM COLLEGE EXPERIENCES 1. Ability to systematically evaluating research sources 2. Ability to critically read and analyze print sources 3. Ability to synthesize large volumes of content and extract quality information 4. Ability to implement an iterative research strategy by framing questions PROJECT INFORMATION LITERACY – LEARNING CURVE: COLLEGE TO WORKPLACE Margaret Driscoll MLIS … November