Rowan University requires all first semester freshman to take the Rowan Seminar course. The Rowan Seminar is embedded in each majors’ introductory course and includes components that facilitate the students’ transition to college life and college level work and introduces them to the University’s resources. With multiple sections of our introductory business course for Freshmen, Rowan Seminar, the Rohrer College of Business capitalizes on this opportunity to set the foundation for information literacy in all business majors. Through a partnership, faculty and business librarians develop activities to help students learn about the library resources which support each of the business programs, management & entrepreneurship, marketing & MIS, and accounting & finance.

 

We will report on an information literacy activity which asked students to predict employers' questions and determine which resources would meet their information needs. Five sections of management and marketing freshmen business majors were able to demonstrate critical thinking skills beyond previous instructional goals.