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About The Mona Information Literacy Unit (MILU)

The Mona Information Literacy Unit (MILU), was established in January 2001 as part of the University of the West Indies’ strategic push to produce distinctive UWI graduates. The competencies that a distinctive UWI graduate must demonstrate includes: the ability to demonstrate that he/she is a critical and creative thinker; as well as that he/she is information literate (“The UWI Distinctive Graduate”). The Mona Information Unit therefore aims to help students become critical thinkers and lifelong learners. In doing so it collaborates with faculties, librarians and administrators to develop and deliver training programmes that empower students to among other things:

                                                    ♦  Locate academic/scholarly resources efficiently             ♦  Improve the quality of academic assignments

                                                    ♦  Acquire/improve research skills                                             ♦  Reference work correctly to avoid plagiarism

 

ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
MILU Online Teaching and Learning Policy (Link)
Outcomes of MILU’s Information Literacy Programme

Mission

 

The mission of the Mona Information Literacy Unit is to ensure that all students are equipped with the necessary IL competencies to empower them to become lifelong learners, as articulated by the university’s administration.

 

Goals

To increase the level of information literacy at the university (Mona Campus) by developing information literate students by:

  • Adopting an Information Literacy Policy that will include specific student learning outcomes.
  • Promoting information Literacy across campus
  • Increasing and developing a cadre of staff including teaching librarians to successfully carry out the
  • mission of the unit.
  • Expanding instruction opportunities for information skills for both students and faculty.
  • Expanding the number of collaborative sessions and thereby strengthen information competencies of students.
  • Designing and creating additional instruction programmes including online self-paced modules
  • Developing comprehensive resource material, equipment and teaching space.

Contact US

Main Library
Ring Road
University of the West Indies
Mona Campus
Kingston 7

Email: milu.library@uwimona.edu.jm

MILU is currently located on the first floor of the Main Library, close to the Periodicals Section and directly across from the Campus Librarians Office. Telephone: (876) 927-1667 (EXT 7107)