Since the publication of the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, librarians and their partners in higher education associations have developed learning outcomes, tools, and resources that some institutions have deployed to infuse information literacy concepts and skills into their curricula. These standards are still reflected in the AACU Information Literacy Value Rubric, formally adopted by Savannah State University.
The recently adopted ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (2015) grows out of a belief that information literacy as an educational reform movement will realize its potential only through a richer, more complex set of core ideas.The Framework is organized into six frames, each consisting of a concept central to information literacy, a set of knowledge practices, and a set of dispositions.
The six concepts that anchor the frames are presented alphabetically:
Information resources reflect their creators’ expertise and credibility, and are evaluated based on the information need and the context in which the information will be used. Authority is constructed in that various communities may recognize different types of authority. It is contextual in that the information need may help to determine the level of authority required.
Students who are developing their information literate abilities:
Information in any format is produced to convey a message and is shared via a selected delivery method. The iterative processes of researching, creating, revising, and disseminating information vary, and the resulting product reflects these differences.
Students who are developing their information literate abilities:
Information possesses several dimensions of value, including as a commodity, as a means of education, as a means to influence, and as a means of negotiating and understanding the world. Legal and socioeconomic interests influence information production and dissemination.
Students who are developing their information literate abilities:
Research is iterative and depends upon asking increasingly complex or new questions whose answers in turn develop additional questions or lines of inquiry in any field.
Students who are developing their information literate abilities:
Communities of scholars, researchers, or professionals engage in sustained discourse with new insights and discoveries occurring over time as a result of varied perspectives and interpretations.
Students who are developing their information literate abilities:
Searching for information is often nonlinear and iterative, requiring the evaluation of a range of information sources and the mental flexibility to pursue alternate avenues as new understanding develops.
Learners who are developing their information literate abilities:
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