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How Information Works: ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Lay Language
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I wrote "How Information Works:ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Lay Language" for a faculty workshop we held at Ohio University called, "Reimagining the Research Assignment."  Later, the Learner-Centered Teaching team took the "…
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: sherri saines
Resource Type(s): Learning Outcomes List, Rubric, Other
Library Information Skills Curriculum LibGuide
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This LibGuide is the result of our Reference Team's year-long project to create a new curriculum for our Instruction program, based on the Framework. Our project plan and documentation of our workflow is also available by request.…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Elizabeth Chase
Resource Type(s): Assignment Prompt, Curriculum Map, Instruction Program Material, Learning Outcomes List, Lesson Plan, Other
Inform Your Thinking: Search Smarter
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The Inform Your Thinking video series introduces students to the frames of the ACRL Framework in an easy-to-understand manner by using conversational tone, approachable peer hosts, relatable comparisons, and eye-catching graphics. This video…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Cristina Colquhoun
Resource Type(s): Activity, Learning Object, Tutorial
Inform Your Thinking: How Is Your Information Created?
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The Inform Your Thinking video series introduces students to the frames of the ACRL Framework in an easy-to-understand manner by using conversational tone, approachable peer hosts, relatable comparisons, and eye-catching graphics. This video…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process
Contributor: Cristina Colquhoun
Resource Type(s): Activity, Learning Object, Tutorial
Inform Your Thinking: It’s All About the Questions
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The Inform Your Thinking video series introduces students to the frames of the ACRL Framework in an easy-to-understand manner by using conversational tone, approachable peer hosts, relatable comparisons, and eye-catching graphics. This video…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Cristina Colquhoun
Resource Type(s): Activity, Learning Object, Tutorial
Inform Your Thinking: Information Has Value
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The Inform Your Thinking video series introduces students to the frames of the ACRL Framework in an easy-to-understand manner by using conversational tone, approachable peer hosts, relatable comparisons, and eye-catching graphics. This video…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value
Contributor: Cristina Colquhoun
Resource Type(s): Activity, Learning Object, Tutorial
Inform Your Thinking: Who Do You Trust and Why?
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The Inform Your Thinking video series introduces students to the frames of the ACRL Framework in an easy-to-understand manner by using conversational tone, approachable peer hosts, relatable comparisons, and eye-catching graphics. This video…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
Contributor: Cristina Colquhoun
Resource Type(s): Activity, Learning Object, Tutorial
Inform Your Thinking: Research is a Conversation
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The Inform Your Thinking video series introduces students to the frames of the ACRL Framework in an easy-to-understand manner by using conversational tone, approachable peer hosts, relatable comparisons, and eye-catching graphics. This video…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Cristina Colquhoun
Resource Type(s): Activity, Learning Object, Tutorial
Ethical Use of Information in Presentations
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This lesson plan from Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts, edited by Patricia Bravender, Hazel McClure, and Gayle Schaub and contributed by Debbie Morrow, concentrates on the value of information and the need to acknowledge…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Lesson Plan, Publication
From Nothing to Something: Transforming the “Failed” Search
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This lesson plan from Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts, edited by Patricia Bravender, Hazel McClure, and Gayle Schaub and contributed by Ika Datig, addresses the search strategies and discovery tools students need to employ…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Lesson Plan, Publication
Information Life Cycle
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This lesson plan from Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts, edited by Patricia Bravender, Hazel McClure, and Gayle Schaub and contributed by Toni M. Carter and Todd Aldridge, engages students with content in a way…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Lesson Plan, Publication
Determining the Relevance and Reliability of Information Sources
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This lesson plan from Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts, edited by Patricia Bravender, Hazel McClure, and Gayle Schaub and contributed by Nancy Fawley, provides beginning students with a checklist to get them thinking…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Lesson Plan, Publication
Crime Scene Investigation as an Analogy for Scholarly Inquiry
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This lesson plan from Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts, edited by Patricia Bravender, Hazel McClure, and Gayle Schaub and contributed by Robert Farrell, provides students with a practical analogy for scholarly inquiry using…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Lesson Plan, Publication
The Conversational Nature of Sources
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This lesson plan from Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts, edited by Patricia Bravender, Hazel McClure, and Gayle Schaub and contributed by Andrea Baer, introduces students to the idea that scholarship is a conversation.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Lesson Plan, Publication
Assessing Skill in Synthesis and Creative Thinking
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This chapter from Classroom Assessment Techniques for Librarians, by Melissa Bowles-Terry and Cassandra Kvenild, uses three assessment techniques to help librarians assess students’ skill in synthesis and creative thinking. 
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Assessment Material, Publication
Incorporating Critically Conscious Assessment into a Large-Scale Information Literacy Program
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This chapter from the Critical Library Pedagogy Handbook, edited by Nicole Pagowsky and Kelly McElroy and written by Rachel Gammons, demonstrates a critical assessment activity that offers an opportunity to reflect on the lived reality of…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Assessment Material, Publication
Teaching the Frameworks for Writing and Information Literacy: A Case Study from the Health Sciences
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This chapter from Rewired: Research-Writing Partnerships within the Frameworks focuses on the formalized and explicit instructor-librarian collaboration in a specialized section of technical writing, and how that partnership initiated…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Publication
Top Secret Recipes: Internet Search Hacks Every Student Researcher Should Know
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This recipe from The First-Year Experience Cookbook, edited by Raymond Pun and Meggan Houlihan and written by Amanda Foster, details a class that asks students to explore the advanced search capabilities of Google and introduces…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Activity, Publication
Scholars in Training: Solving the Mystery
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This recipe from The First-Year Experience Cookbook, edited by Raymond Pun and Meggan Houlihan and written by Jenny Yap and Sonia Robles, helps introduce first-year English and ESL composition students to the differences between…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Has Value, Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Activity, Publication
A Melting Pot of Fondue: Embedding a Librarian into an FYE Course
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This recipe from The First-Year Experience Cookbook, edited by Raymond Pun and Meggan Houlihan and written by Kyrille Goldbeck DeBose, is a set of lesson plans originally designed for a First-Year Experience (FYE) course taught…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Activity, Publication
Making Zines: Content Creation with First-Year and Transfer Students
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This recipe from The First-Year Experience Cookbook, edited by Raymond Pun and Meggan Houlihan and written by Nick Ferreira and Mackenzie Salisbury, is an exercise for students who understand the basic concepts of…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Scholarship as Conversation, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Activity, Publication
Camera Rolls: ESOL Student Library Orientation
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This recipe from The First-Year Experience Cookbook, edited by Raymond Pun and Meggan Houlihan and written by Joy Oehlers, demonstrates a fun group activity that uses a familiar tool for ESOL students to make sense of their…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Activity, Publication
Progressive Three-Course Meal for Library Orientation
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This recipe from The First-Year Experience Cookbook, edited by Raymond Pun and Meggan Houlihan and written by Jacalyn Bryan and Elana Karshmer, describes a three-part orientation activity designed to introduce new students to library resources…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Activity, Publication
Information Literacy Assessment under the Framework
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This resource is an online guide to developing and assessing student learning outcomes based on the Framework.  The guide includes:A document mapping the Standards to the Framework.A brief discussion of assessment.An introduction to each frame.…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Rachel McMullin
Resource Type(s): Assessment Material
Where do I Find Statistics?
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Graphic research handout that will help student understand how to find statistics. Print this handout into bookmark size: when printing PDF, choose page sizing & handling Multiple, page per sheet (Custom 2 by 1), page order  (horizontal…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Research Guide