PIL Learning Curve-College to Workplace: Part 2: Graduate Experiences
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The document discusses the transition from college to the workplace for graduates. It is divided into two parts that discuss employer expectations and graduate experiences. Graduates face challenges like increased urgency, less structured research tasks, and social and contextual information seeking in the workplace compared to college. The document also lists essential information competencies from college like systematically evaluating sources, critically analyzing print sources, synthesizing large amounts of content, and implementing iterative research strategies through questioning.
PIL 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