<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Dear Faculty,</font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">When advising students
for the spring semester we encourage you to share with them the option of taking
the <b>Information Literacy Competency Exam</b> as a way to meet
the Information Literacy Gen Ed requirement.</font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Passing the LIB190
course or the Information Literacy Competency Exam meets the Cardinal Core
Information Literacy General Education foundation requirement.</font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">This online exam is
free. Students can take it at any time in the three weeks it is offered
during advising and registration.</font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The Information Literacy Competency Exam
will be <b>available online in
Brightspace from Monday, Oct. 25 through Friday, Nov.
15.</b></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%;margin:0in 0in 8pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/about/offices-divisions/academic-affairs/provost/competency-placement.html" style="color:blue"><span style="line-height:106%;color:rgb(5,99,193)">Read full details about the exam here</span></a><span style="line-height:106%;color:black"> including the link
to sign-up for the exam.</span><span style="line-height:106%"></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">Eligibility</span></b><span style="color:black"><br>
Students who already have a passing grade for the LIB course do not need to
take this exam.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Students can take the exam
only once.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Students enrolled in a section
of the LIB190 course are not eligible to take the exam after the semester’s
add/drop period.</span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">We appreciate your help. If you have questions,
please don't hesitate to contact me. Thank you.</font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span style="color:black">Michelle Toth<br>
306A Feinberg Library<br>
Phone: 518-564-5225<br>
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:tothmm@plattsburgh.edu" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">tothmm@plattsburgh.edu</span></a></span></font><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-size:12pt"></span></p></div></div>