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This case study assesses the integration of information literacy (IL) skills into the undergraduate business curriculum at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. Using Detlor's et al. theoretical model, we identified the salient contributing factors. The questions are: Which factors advanced or impeded progress toward the integration? How do the experience and knowledge gleaned help to improve the model? Our major findings are: the success is contingent on the level of commitment to collaboration among the faculty, librarians and the administration and the external factors such as political changes and the deep economic crisis wrecked the process. We suggest include the external factors.
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The present study analyzes and compares the assessment planning and teaching practice of IL in the five core courses of the undergraduate business curriculum at the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus (UPRRP), School of Business
Perspectives
External factors such as political change and the economic crisis impacted the process of the integration of IL into the five core courses in many ways. These impacts, both positive and negative, brought changes at all levels of the administration of the Institution throughout the six years of our investigation. Our analysis showed that these factors mediated the entire process of integrating IL into the curriculum.
Lourdes Cadiz
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
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This page is a summary of: Integration of information literacy skills into the core business curriculum at the University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras, Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship, May 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/08963568.2018.1467168.
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