[Asis-l] Framework for information literacy for higher education - Revised draft released by ACRL

[Moriana Garcia]

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The Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Information
Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education Task Force
<http://www.ala.org/acrl/aboutacrl/directoryofleadership/taskforces/acr-tfilcshe>
seeks feedback on the revised draft of the association’s Framework for
Information Literacy for Higher Education
<http://acrl.ala.org/ilstandards/?page_id=133>.

The Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
<http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency>, adopted
by ACRL in 2000, has become an essential document related to the emergence
of information literacy as a recognized learning outcome at many
institutions of higher education. These, like all ACRL standards, are
reviewed cyclically. In June 2012, the ACRL Board of Directors approved a
unanimous recommendation that they be significantly revised. A task force
charged with creating the Framework has been working since March 2013 and
shared a first draft this spring.

“The revision of the ACRL information literacy standards is vital in order
for our libraries and librarians to think about, understand, and use new
methods of incorporating information fluency in our curricula. I’m pleased
with the work of the task force thus far and look forward to the completion
– and implementation – of the new Framework,” said ACRL President Trevor A.
Dawes of Washington University in St. Louis.

Since the publication of the first standards, the information environment
has evolved into a fragmented, complex information ecosystem that demands
greater sense-making and metacognition from the student. The new Framework
seeks to address the interconnected nature of the abilities, practices and
dispositions of the student, moving away from the hierarchical and
formulaic approach of the current standards.

The revised draft Framework, along with questions to guide the review and
feedback process, is now available on the task force website
<http://acrl.ala.org/ilstandards/?page_id=133>. An in-person hearing
<http://ala14.ala.org/node/15025> is scheduled for 10:30 am – 11:30 am on
Saturday, June 28, at the 2014 ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas. Two
additional online hearings will take place on Monday, July 7, and Friday,
July 11, 2014. Sign-up for the July online hearings is available on the
task force website <http://acrl.ala.org/ilstandards/?page_id=95>.

Please provide feedback on the revised draft by 5pm Central on Tuesday,
July 15, 2014, via an online form <https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WQB3NZ3>.

Contact ACRL Senior Strategist for Special Initiatives Kara Malenfant
<kmalenfant at ala.org> with questions.


Full press release at http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/8911

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*Posted on behalf of ACRL Liaisons Assembly Committee*


Moriana Garcia (ACRL-STS Liaison to ASIS&T)
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Moriana L. M. Garcia, MS, PhD, MLIS
Natural Sciences Liaison Librarian
Denison University Libraries
P.O. Box 805
Granville, OH, 43023
Phone: 740-587-5714
Online profile: http://libguides.denison.edu/morianagarcia

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