Pearsall Library - North Carolina Wesleyan College

Get the GIST: Getting Information Skills Today

North Carolina Wesleyan College's
Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)

Click here to learn about the QEP & G.I.S.T
NCWC's QEP Committee has worked since May, 2008, to design a plan that will help students develop an ability to find, critically evaluate, and ethically use information in an information society.


QEP Basics
Seven things everyone should know about the QEP
QEP Timeline (11/3/08)
QEP Executive Summary


Making it happen
NCWC's Updated Information Skills Competencies
How NC Wesleyan is Getting Information Skills Today: GIST as a student graduation requirement in General Education and the majors
Implementation Plan and expected outcomes
'08-'09 NCWC freshmen fail information skills test: See the test scores here. (test questions here)
ADP Subcommittee on Information Literacy


Info Skills in the classroom

What does it mean to be part of GIST?
Information Skills Rubric
Characteristics of good Information Skills assignments
An introduction to Information Literacy (Association of College and Resource Libraries)
NCWC's QEP Theme Proposal: 21st Century Information Skills
Information Literacy as a Liberal Art (added 7/14/08)
Engaging the Adult Learner: (added 8/11/08)
Working with Adult Learners in the Library Classroom