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Information Literacy Toolkit for Faculty

Integrating information literacy (IL) into coursework and programs.

IL Definition:

Information literacy is 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 was supposed to be a set of ideas/concepts that are typically thought of in terms of threshold concepts (look it up if you need to). The various iterations, the early drafts did read like threshold concepts, but then later drafts changed wording and too many library concepts snuck in. To be honest, some of this is good, but it is embarrassing to call these threshold concepts. Out of the six, one might really be worded as a threshold concept, the others are just good ideas. Heck, years later and I still don't know the difference between "Research as Inquiry" and "Searching as Strategic Exploration".

The Six Frames of Information Literacy

  • Authority is Constructed and Contextual
  • Information Creation as a Process
  • Information has Value
  • Research as Inquiry
  • Scholarship as Conversation
  • Searching as Strategic Exploration

Mapping the ACRL Standards to the ACRL Frames