Sara Heimann
Impact of library information literacy training on entrepreneurship competition scores: A quantitative study at University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
university california irvines uci innovation entrepreneurship librarian partnered ucis new venture competition provide embedded research support teams participating competition including research workshop individual team research consultations assess impact library services quantitative study three years competition scores conducted involving control group two experimental groups difference experimental groups mode services provided inperson virtually study hypothesized teams received information literacy training ie attended research workshop andor participated research consultation earned higher concept paper scores well higher evidence question scores ie scores rubric question related providing evidence support claims made concept paper teams receive information literacy training statistical analysis showed significant increases concept paper scores evidence question scores experimental groups compared control group indicating information literacy training positively impacted teams performance additional analysis revealed statistically significant differences teams scores based training delivery mode inperson virtual results value librarians seeking initiate partnerships entrepreneurship competitions campus well entrepreneurship educators interested enhancing existing entrepreneurship competitions incorporating research information literacy training