“Business Information Literacy”

Business is everywhere. As a result, business information literacy is crucial to success in almost every aspect of daily life in academic, corporate or public library environments.

The Poster Session provided an opportunity for librarians to share ideas and best practices field of business librarianship. The 2009 theme for the session was “Business Information Literacy” and promised attendees useful ideas and lively discussions from some of the most active business information professionals in SLA.

Poster Session Presentations

From Business School to the Boardroom: Essential Business Research Skills
for Students from a former Corporate Librarian’s Perspective
Jeannie Bail
Memorial University

Librarian/Faculty Collaboration:
Pooling Our Talents & Leveraging Our Resources to Provide Student Programming
Regina M. Beard
Kansas State University

An Example of Library & Faculty Collaboration: Lessons Learned
Harry Gee, Rita Ormsby & Ryan Phillips
Baruch College, The City University of New York

UK Library’s Economic Development Outreach Efforts
Peter Hesseldenz
University of Kentucky

Career Information Literacy for Freshmen Business Students:
A Librarian/Faculty Collaborative Project at Penn State University
Daniel Hickey & Gary White
Pennsylvania State University

Know Your Library
Saif Al Jabri
Sultan Qaboos University

Attracting a Busy Audience: A Case Study of Stanford MBAs
Helen Losch
Stanford University

Accounting Students and Information Competence: Evidence from Course Syllabi &
Professional Accounting Association Competency Maps
Linda Lowry
Brock University

Going Live: Online Modules for Critical Thinking
Rhonda J. McGinnis
Wayne State University

Teaching Market Research Skills as a Function of Information Literacy
Olivia Olivares
Saint Cloud State University

Bear Hugs, Go-shops, Deal Jumpers and other M&A Terms You Need to Know ASAP!
Janet Peros

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Bridging with BROAD:
Librarian Collaboration with a Business Freshmen Residential Program
Kara Gust Rawlins
Michigan State University

Tailoring Business Information Literacy Instruction to Different Constituencies
Hilary G. Schiraldi
UC-Berkeley

E-Books in Hospitality: Libraries, Hidden in Plain Sight
Donald Schnedeker
Cornell University

Required Business Information Literacy for Graduate Business Students
Carol Simon
Hofstra University

Fast Money: Investment Literacy for Tomorrow’s Wall Street Traders
Joel Thornton
Texas A&M University

Information Literacy and the Real World of Business:
Interfunctional Management at Rutgers
Roberta Tipton & Ka-Neng Au
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Business Information Literacy and Undergraduates
Loretta Wallace
University of Houston Libraries

From “Newbies” to Life-long Learners:
The Information Literacy Journey at the U of C Business Library
Liz Watson & Justine Wheeler
University of Calgary

Good to Great: Utilizing Concepts from the Bestseller to
Teach Information Literacy Skills to Senior Undergraduate Business Students
Kari D. Weaver
Wartburg College