Excellence in Information Literacy Award

The Libraries Information Literacy Award recognizes scholarly work based on a foundation of careful background research and literature review. The award is given to entries that demonstrate excellence in information literacy through the following:

  • showcasing your research process and strategies
  • selection of sources that contribute to your argument and ideas
  • social, ethical, or economic considerations in accessing information
  • credit and proper citation for any quotes, tables, graphs, images, and other content displayed

Students must "opt-in" to be considered for the University Libraries’ Information in Literacy Award. Please indicate "yes" when you register your project for the fair.

Judging Criteria

Judging for the Library awards will be done concurrently with the judging of the campus Undergraduate Research Fair poster awards.

Source Selection

We want to know about the sources you selected to back up your research or sources that informed the work you did. Did the sources you selected support your project in a relevant and appropriate way?

Research Process & Search Strategies

How did you find information to support your research? What was your process in finding sources? We are interested in where you found your sources, what keywords you used to find your sources, and any other help you sought out in these stages of the research process.

Source Integration

Research is not done in isolation. Your project is a part of a larger conversation in your discipline. We are looking at how you integrated previous research into your own work. How have you connected work done before you to your project? How have you helped your viewer understand the arguments and ideas you are putting forth in your project?

Citations

In your project, you should have proper citations for all graphs, images, charts, and other visual elements. Citations should also be included for any references you make to other scholarship or sources used to explain your project.

University Libraries Information Literacy Award Rubric

Criteria Beginning Developing Accomplished Exemplary

Research process,
strategies, & selection of
sources; prior knowledge

(How did you find your information?

How did you
address any bias you already had?)

Research question could be better introduced

Database, sources, and/or
keywords are hard to find on
the poster or through
conversation

Prior knowledge is solely opinion (bias)

Research process,
strategies, & selection of
sources; prior knowledge

(How did you find your information?

How did you
address any bias you already had?)

Research process,
strategies, & selection of
sources; prior knowledge

(How did you find your information?

How did you
address any bias you already had?)

Research process,
strategies, & selection of
sources; prior knowledge

(How did you find your information?

How did you
address any bias you already had?)

Source integration

(How did you use
Your information?)

Source integration

(How did you use
Your information?)

Source integration

(How did you use
Your information?)

Source integration

(How did you use
Your information?)

Source integration

(How did you use
Your information?)

Attributions &
Citations

(Did you give
credit?)

Attributions &
Citations

(Did you give
credit?)

Attributions &
Citations

(Did you give
credit?)

Attributions &
Citations

(Did you give
credit?)

Attributions &
Citations

(Did you give
credit?)