Resources
Most Recent
Posted On:
"Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Professor/Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction in the University Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, shares her views about the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. She believes that that the Framework is one among many documents adopted by the Association of College and Research Libraries that academic librarians can and should use to promote information literacy. This interview was conducted in May 2016."
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Lisa Hinchliffe
Resource Type(s): Professional Development Material, Publication
Posted On:
This resource includes files and links for the conference paper and slides of the presentation Rhetorical Reinventions: Rethinking Research Processes and Information Practices to Deepen our Pedagogy, presented at LOEX 2016 by Donna Witek, Mary J. Snyder Broussard, and Joel M. Burkholder. Both the slides and the paper include a detailed bibliography of related resources.Presentation/Paper Abstract:The ACRL Framework for Information Literacy offers instruction librarians an opportunity to reconsider not only how they teach but also how they think about research and information. This new thinking has the potential to reinvent instructional practices, resulting in learning that is both situated and transferable. The discipline of rhetoric can inform this effort.This presentation will consider three traditional “steps” of the research process: question formulation, information search, and source evaluation. Traditional approaches over-simplify each activity: broaden the question by including related elements or narrow it by concentrating on a specific time/area/population; follow these steps to find the “correct” number and types of sources; and evaluate information based on the presence of external characteristics.Yet when information literacy is approached rhetorically, librarians can partner with classroom faculty to teach much more meaningful and transferable information literacy knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Librarians can then guide students in the complex processes of navigating the expectations of disciplinary audiences and developing a critical self-awareness of themselves as scholarly contributors; engaging with search tools, strategies, and processes in ways that are flexible, iterative, and exploratory by design; and comprehending more fully their information sources for deeper evaluation that better meets their own rhetorical goals. In an interactive presentation, the presenters will explore how rhetoric and composition theories have the potential—with creative and strategic thinking—to work in synergy with the Framework, make information literacy more authentic and meaningful, and develop true lifelong learners.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation, Searching as Strategic Exploration, Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Donna Witek
Resource Type(s): Bibliography, Conference Presentation, Publication, Slide Deck
Posted On:
Locally developed learning outcomes inspired by the framework and our institutional learning outcomes. These outcomes are the results of library-wide discussions and are scaffolded from orientation through the major. (Live link is recommended over the PDF)
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Carolyn Caffrey Gardner
Resource Type(s): Learning Outcomes List
Posted On:
Covering necessary information literacy topics in a traditional "one shot" session can be difficult. To address this challenge, a suite of interactive online modules were developed to provide active learning lessons on various information literacy topics. The modules can be used in fully online, flipped or face-to-face courses and can be integrated into a learning management system (LMS) so student knowledge and progress can be tracked and assessed. Developed using Articulate Storyline, the sources files are available as open source downloads under a GNU General Public License (GPLv3) from the Marquette University Libraries GitHub site. Please feel free to download and continue to enhance and improve these modules.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Eric Kowalik
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assessment Material, Learning Object
Posted On:
Students often feel like outsiders in their courses. Their professors speak a different "language" and have different values. If scholarship is a "Conversation," students need to grasp what forces and cultures drive scholars within a discipline to converse the way they do. This slide presentation lays out the main features of disciplinary culture, the basis of all conversations. If students can learn to "read" disciplines effectively, they will be better able to grasp the nature of conversations as they do their research.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: William Badke
Resource Type(s): Slide Deck
Posted On:
A Prezi presentation that details the threshold concepts of the Framework as a description of how scholars (and developing scholars) do research.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: William Badke
Resource Type(s): Slide Deck
Posted On:
Discovery of resources related to a topic, or the beginning stages of determining a research question. Students can use this organizer to answer critical questions about searching for resources as well as share with peers in this process, seeking input in critical/essential questions, search terms, or authors.Possible Learning Outcomes (Authority is Constructed and Contextual):Define different types of authority through research/literature review, based on societal position, subject expertise, or special experienceUse research tools and indicators of authority to determine the credibility of sources.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Rhonda Huisman
Resource Type(s): Activity, Worksheet
Posted On:
Research Services librarians at Bucknell University collaborated on a project to make the research concepts the Framework represents more accessible to students. This is an open educational resource in the form of digital and physical customizable posters.The research guide includes a repository for capturing ideas and suggestions for reusing, remixing, and re-conceptualizing the posters. This project opens pathways for librarians, instructional technologists, and faculty to communicate and collaborate on student-centered information literacy instruction.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Nancy Frazier
Resource Type(s): Learning Object, Practitioner Reflection, Professional Development Material, Research Guide
Posted On:
This is a guest post at ACRLog.org, published on January 27, 2015, in which I reflect on the relationship between the Framework and assessment of student learning in and through our information literacy programs, as well as how this relates to the eventual rescission of the Information Literacy Competency Standards (formally rescinded a year and a half later on June 25, 2016). Note that the timing of the post was about a week before the ACRL Board of Directors moved to 'file' the Framework (on February 2, 2015); a year later the Framework was formally adopted by the ACRL Board on January 11, 2016. Though the post is almost two years old (as of this writing), the ideas in it may prove valuable to those seeking to integrate the Framework into their local curricula through the cyclical program review process that all curricula undergo.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Donna Witek
Resource Type(s): Blog Post, Practitioner Reflection
Posted On:
Designed for an upper-division petroleum engineering seminar, this lesson attempts to use the frame "Information has value" to illuminate the process of discovering and retrieving scholarly information. The lesson was more successful when delivered to early-stage graduate students in the petroleum engineering department.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Lia Vella
Resource Type(s): Activity, Instruction Program Material, Learning Object, Worksheet
Posted On:
Drawing on the frames "Scholarship as conversation" and "Information creation as a process," this lesson was created for students in a university-wide freshman success seminar. An instruction librarian and writing faculty collaborated to create the lesson under the auspices of the university's Center for Academic Services and Advising, which coordinates the seminar.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Lia Vella
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assignment Prompt, Instruction Program Material, Learning Object
Posted On:
PDF of PPT Slides from Presentation at LOEX Fall Focus 2015. The Framework issues an invitation to exploration and location adaptation that is worthy of attention. This presentation accepts that invitation and provides cases studies in developing additional frames/concepts - "information social justice" and "information apprenticeship in community" - as well as a process for articulating additional frames.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Lisa Hinchliffe
Resource Type(s): Professional Development Material, Other
Posted On:
The Hip Hop LibGuide is a scholarly comprehensive online resource about Hip Hop Information Literacy and the artform in general. The libguide has been developed to engage novice, intermediate, and skilled learners that are interested in learning more about the culture, social issues, and artistic components of Hip Hop.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation, Framework as a Whole
Contributor: kYmberly Keeton
Resource Type(s): Research Guide
Posted On:
This resource can be used individually or as a workshop to help librarians begin to create an assessment plan for their information literacy sessions related to the Framework.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation, Searching as Strategic Exploration, Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Susan Miller
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material
Posted On:
This workshet is a set of reflective questions based on the six frames which are designed for librarians or disciplinary experts to intentionally reflect on their information literacy practices.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Sara D. Miller
Resource Type(s): Practitioner Reflection, Professional Development Material, Worksheet
Posted On:
The Hip Information Literacy Curriculum is a blueprint created to help facilitate a collaborative partnership between faculty and students, by providing the necessary research tools and knowledge practices for a scholarly academic writing career and environment.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: kYmberly Keeton
Resource Type(s): Curriculum Map, Instruction Program Material, Lesson Plan
Posted On:
Slides from a webinar I gave on how to use a modified Backward Design process to incorporate the frames in curriculum design.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Sheila Stoeckel
Resource Type(s): Curriculum Map, Slide Deck
Posted On:
This two-sided handout provides a brief introduction to the Framework and outlines the content and how it can be used. The expanded definition of information literacy from the Framework document is included, along with the text for all six frames. Examples of essential questions that can be derived from the frames are also provided. This handout can be used by librarians for conversations with faculty and for professional development with librarians.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Sharon Mader
Resource Type(s): Professional Development Material
Posted On:
This list of locally developed, class-level learning outcomes are part of an ongoing project to develop shared resources among the MVCC librarians to encourage the integration of the Framework into our practice. This resource identifies a Frame and Knowledge Practice, the related local learning outcome, and in many cases, a lesson plan, idea, or activity. We are in the process of adding assessment ideas to this list, and we will continue to develop and add learning outcomes related to each of the Frames.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Tish Hayes
Resource Type(s): Learning Outcomes List
Posted On:
Students in a political science course had to identify a local issue and find information to determine how the problem could be resolved. They were asked to identify local groups to work with, find federal, state, and local laws related to the issue, and use the information to develop their plan of action to resolve the problem.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Diane Fulkerson
Resource Type(s): Activity, Worksheet
Posted On:
These are materials from a presentation I gave called Flexible Frames for Pedagogical Practice: Using the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education on May 28, 2015, at the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the Pennsylvania Library Association's 2015 Spring Conference. Materials include a blog post from my personal-professional blog, Information Constellation, that provides my slides, notes, reflection, and bibliography; a link to the slides on SlideShare; and the the slides themselves as downloadable files; note that the .pptx file is both editable and includes my presentation notes. The presentation includes a classroom example in which I used the Framework to develop instruction in a First-Year Writing course. Materials are licensed CC-BY-NC.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Donna Witek
Resource Type(s): Bibliography, Blog Post, Practitioner Reflection, Professional Development Material, Slide Deck
Posted On:
This is a chart that maps The University of Scranton Weinberg Memorial Library's program-level information literacy student learning outcomes to the six frames in the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, last updated February 9, 2019. Please use the updated files (filenames: WML IL PLOs-Framework Map 2019 02 07) shared below. Materials are licensed CC-BY-NC.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Donna Witek
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material, Learning Outcomes List
Posted On:
After a brief overview of library resources in the context of Communication Studies (with an emphasis on different kinds of sources: blogs, books, multimedia), this document can be used to 1. Understand different database features 2. Finding specific kind of resources: scholarly, secondary, trade publications 3. Become comfortable translating selected resources into APA citations
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Ray Pun
Resource Type(s): Worksheet