Materia optativa a distancia "Búsqueda, acceso y manejo de información científica" en la Biblioteca Central de la Facultad de Agronomía de la UBA : qué, cómo y cuándo

Describes the process that resulted in the development of an elective course "Search, access and management of scientific information" dictated by the Central Library of the School of Agronomy of the University of Buenos Aires. The information literacy program maintained by the Library for 12 years trained almost 4800 students and teachers. The program began as a "Training Program in the development of skills to access agronomic information" in 2006, based on the standards of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) of the American Library Association. (ACRL, 2008). This standard, replaced in 2016 by the "Framework for information literacy for higher education" (ACRL, 2016), has opened a new panorama in information literacy. In 2013, began a period of evaluation of the program, which has taken in consideration changes in the curricula of the careers that are offered in the School of Agriculture, the advances produced in distance learning, and new needs raised by students and teachers. The development of a distance learning optional course given by library staff, was the result of this process. The course has been offered for two years. The contents, the applied methodology and the digital educational materials developed with the support of the Distance Education Center of the School are presented here.