The Trexler Library Scholar Award for Information Literacy recognizes students who have demonstrated growth in and increased understanding of information literacy through independent study. Students were nominated by faculty, and the winners were then chosen through an application process.
In their applications, students reflected on how they came to understand and utilize one or more of the following major information literacy concepts:
- Authority is constructed and contextual
- Information creation as a process
- Information has value
- Research as inquiry
- Scholarship as conversation
- Searching as strategic exploration
Trexler Library supports the development of information literate students who can discover, organize, analyze, create, and share information in order to achieve their academic goals and to enhance their independent, lifelong learning habits. Information literate students will thereby develop an intellectual framework for critical analysis and reflection of diverse information resources.
The 2016 Library Scholar Award for Information Literacy winners are:
Jadmin Mostel ’16
Jadmin was nominated by Prof. Karen Tuerk for information literacy growth and understanding through her work on the effectiveness of crushed limestone remediation of simulated sulfuric acid rain.
Jeffrey Funk ’16
Jeffrey was nominated by Prof. Sahar Sadeghi for information literacy growth and understanding through his work examining the ways in which fat adults in the United States manage the stigma of fatness and the impact that this stigma management has on their everyday lives.
JoJo Tsacoyeanes ’16
JoJo was nominated by Prof. Chris Borick for information literacy growth and understanding through her work on the utility, logic, and implications of the ways that U.S. teachers use questions in their pedagogy.
Liuba Seaboyer ’16
Liuba was nominated by Prof. Erika Bagley for information literacy growth and understanding through her work on college-aged students’ napping and nighttime sleep behaviors and associated coping mechanisms.
A display on level A of the library featuring the winners, including excerpts from their applications, is forthcoming. Congratulations to our 2016 Library Scholars!
A special thank you to our judges:
Kelly Cannon, Outreach and Scholarly Communication Librarian
Rachel Hamelers, Head of Public Outreach and Information Literacy Services
Dr. Michael Huber, Dean of Academic Life
