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Priore, Giannini receive information literacy grant for biology

David Gonnerman
March 16, 2005

St. Olaf Science Librarian Charles Priore and Associate Professor of Biology John Giannini have been awarded a $6,000 Associated Colleges of the Midwest Information Literacy Grant for their project, "The Next Step: Integrating Information Literacy and BioInformatics for Upper-Level Graduates." The project proposes a new set of exercises to be implemented in upper level biology classes to follow the information literacy skills learned in introductory biology courses. "Our goal is to use one class, "Plant Physiology 251," as our experimental class. Then, based on what we have learned, integrate our ideas into the upper level biology curriculum," says Priore. The experimental exercises include creating a "Review Paper" using a fully interactive and full-text-linked EndNote database. "By the end of the course students will be proficient with the tools needed to do advanced science," says Priore.

Contact David Gonnerman at 507-646-3315 or gonnermd@stolaf.edu.