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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
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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
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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
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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