Overview
This LibGuide contains resources and supplemental material to support faculty participating in the FYS Information Literacy pilot.
Working Learning Outcome: Introduce basic information fluency skills
Students should be able to:
- Locate and identify appropriate research tools and implement basic search strategies to find sources that match their information need
- ACRL Frame: Searching as Strategic Exploration
- Evaluate the credibility and appropriateness of sources by asking questions about the author, purpose, and context of the information
- ACRL Frame: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
- Integrate sources in their writing through various methods, such as summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting
- ACRL Frame: Information has Value
Resource and Assignment Repositories
- ACRL Information Literacy SandboxA searchable database of assignments and lesson plans designed according to the ACRL Framework. Filterable by skill type or discipline.
- Community of Online Research Assignments (CORA)An OER searchable database of information literacy assignments by librarians and faculty. Filterable by ACRL frame
- CARLI Instruction Showcase Toolkit (Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois)Activities and assignments organized around each ACRL frame, targeting specific dispositions and knowledge practices
- Information Literacy in the DisciplinesThis LibGuide contains links and citations to information literacy standards and curricula within each discipline, developed by accrediting agencies, professional associations, and institutions of higher education.
Credo D2L Information Literacy Modules
- CREDO Info Lit and Critical Thinking Modules This link opens in a new windowTo access Credo off-campus, use D2L. This is an information-literacy program provided by faculty. Please login to get access. Faculty access is password protected. For faculty access, please contact support@credoreference.com.
- Credo Module IndexA list of all the components that make up the Information Literacy and Critical Thinking modules
- Credo Faculty InstructionsA handout that walks you through how to set up Credo modules in your class
- Supplemental Teaching GuidesSupplemental materials offered by Credo that provide some starting points for in-class discussions and activities to teach and reinforce the modules.
Books and Articles
Concise Guide to Information Literacy by Call Number: Main Books ZA3075 .L36 2022ISBN: 9781440878190Publication Date: 2022-02-15
Teaching Media Literacy by Call Number: Main Books 302.23071 D278t2ISBN: 9780838917213Publication Date: 2019-05-20
Fact vs. Fiction : teaching critical thinking skills in the age of fake news by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781564847041Publication Date: 2018-12-18
Teaching Information Literacy and Writing Studies: Volume 1, First-year composition courses by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781612495484Publication Date: 2018-09-15
It's a Matter of Fact: Teaching Students Research Skills in Today's Information-Packed World by Call Number: Main Books 370.72 M647iISBN: 9781138302785Publication Date: 2018-03-05
Designing Information Literacy Instruction: The Teaching Tripod Approach by Call Number: Main Books 028.7071 K17dISBN: 9780810885844Publication Date: 2014-05-01
Metaliteracy : reinventing information literacy to empower learners by Call Number: Main Books 028.7 M157mISBN: 9781555709891Publication Date: 2014-04-08
Teaching Information Fluency: How to Teach Students to Be Efficient, Ethical, and Critical Information Consumers by Call Number: Main Books 028.7071 H468tISBN: 9780810890626Publication Date: 2013-11-14
A Guide to Teaching Information Literacy: 101 practical tips by Call Number: EbookISBN: 1299277829Publication Date: 2011-01-01
- The Project Information Literacy RetrospectiveThis paper presents a summary of the entire body of research, 2008 to 2022, from Project Information Literacy (PIL) on the strategies students use for finding, using, and creating information for college courses, in everyday life, and the workplace while navigating a vast, ever-changing information landscape. Major findings from 12 reports and seven related research articles are presented.This retrospective, the final publication produced as part of more than a decade of studying college students, concludes with a discussion of PIL’s practical impact on information literacy instruction and suggestions for future research.
ACRL Framework
The Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education is a guiding document about information literacy developed by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL). It is organized into six frames, each outlining a "big picture" concept central to information literacy.
The Framework defines information literacy as "the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning."
The Framework breaks undergraduate-level information literacy skills into 6 competencies, each consisting of a concept central to information literacy, a set of knowledge practices, and a set of dispositions.
- Authority Is Constructed and Contextual
- Information Creation as a Process
- Information Has Value
- Research as Inquiry
- Scholarship as Conversation
- Searching as Strategic Exploration