Elaine Sullo
First-Year Library Student Assistants Have Better Information Literacy Skills, and Demonstrate a Larger Increase in these Skills, Compared to Their First-Year Peers
George Washington University
review ofx0d folk l 2014 well preparing assessment firstyear library student assistants information literacy skills college amp undergraduate libraries 212 177192 httpdxdoiorg101080106913162013829377x0d x0d objective examine information literacy skills first year library student assistants comparison first year students library assistants additionally study investigates whether information literacy skills library student assistants increased general student population first semester college x0d x0d design pretestposttestx0d x0d setting two regional campuses research university united states america x0d x0d subjects firstyear students including library student assistants students freshman seminar course one regional campus 103 firstyear students including 5 library student assistants completed pretest campus 75 first year students including 5 library student assistants completed posttest campus 30 firstyear students including 3 library student assistants completed pretest 26 firstyear students including 2 library student assistants completed posttestx0d x0d methods researcher distributed pretest posttest included demographic questions 11 items related information literacy firstyear students pretest given within first two weeks fall semester students attended library instructional sessions one campus library student assistants took pretest beginning first shift second campus library student assistants completed pretest within first two weeks semester posttest given participants within last two weeks classes fall semester x0d x0d main results pretest library student assistant scores ranged 6 10 maximum 11 points posttest students scores ranged 8 11 score ranges higher mean score general firstyear students x0d x0d mean pretest scores general firstyear students 595 points 11 points mean score 541 mean pretest scores library student assistants 813 739 mean posttest scores general firstyear students 729 663 mean posttest scores library student assistants 943 857 students earned perfect score pretest posttest 29 library student assistants scored perfect 11 points 4 general firstyear students earned perfect scorex0d x0d comparing pretest posttest scores general firstyear students mean score increased 134 points mean score library student assistants increased 13 points library student assistants scored higher general firstyear students pretest posttest numbers statistically significant author reports increase mean scores pretest posttest library student assistants statistically significant hand increase mean scores pretest posttest general firstyear students statistically significant p 186x0d x0d conclusions author concludes information literacy skills firstyear library student assistants better general firstyear students information valuable librarians wish gauge well regards teaching information literacy skills library student assistants additionally librarians better understand instruction contributing library student assistants educational experiences general well future lifelong learners