UPDATED Statistical Evaluation of Credit Information Competency Program Student Outcomes
Fall 2007 to Spring 2013

Full Report

Statistical Evaluation of Information Competency Program Student Outcomes
Spring 2000 to Spring 2007

Full Report

Executive Summary

Information competency (IC) may be defined as the ability to find, evaluate, use, and communicate information in all its various formats. Information competency instruction may take many forms and at Glendale Community College (GCC) include:

• Orientations (a single class session in another course)
• Infusions (multi sessions incorporated in another course)
• Workshops (free standing sessions on different topics offered in rotation during the semester)
• Library 191 (2 unit credit course)

At GCC the Institutional Research Department and the Library have been conducting a long-term study to identify effective models of information competency instruction. The goals of the project are to evaluate the relationship between the library's information competency instruction and student outcomes.

The spring 2007 report summarizes the statistical evaluation of two aspects of the GCC Information Competency program: Library 191 and library workshops. In general, both aspects of the information competency program were associated with positive short-term and long-term student success.

Library 191

Short-term outcomes:

• Higher GPA
• Completion of more units
• Greater persistence to the following Fall or Spring semester
• More units completed in the following Fall or Spring semester

Long-term outcomes:

• Higher college-wide cumulative GPA
• More college-wide cumulative units completed

Library Workshops

Course outcomes for English 101, English 120, and ESL 151:

• Higher success rate in current English or ESL course
• No effect of subsequent English course success

Long-term student outcomes:

• Higher college-wide cumulative GPA
• More college-wide cumulative units completed

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