Information Literacy Resources for Faculty

This guide is designed to provide resources for disciplinary faculty to understand information literacy in higher education classrooms.  Here, you can find:

• the Association of College & Research Libraries Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education
• reflective questions about IL in disciplinary contexts
• the IL rubric for assessment at Adelphi University
• information literacy resources available at Adelphi University Libraries.

The Framework, adopted by ACRL in 2016, replaces the earlier Information Literacy Competency Standards.  The Standards were a useful document that delineated a clear space for information literacy, but they were a product of pedagogical thinking of the late 1990s.  The Framework modernizes the concept of information literacy and provides a new context for thinking about teaching research skills.

Resources for learning more about the Framework:

• Read the "Introduction" to the Framework.
• Learn about threshold concepts, one of the foundations of the document.
• Understand metaliteracy as a foundation of the Framework.
• Consider how Understanding by Design underpins the implementation of the Framework.