Information Literacies

Contributions made by Anne Leonard and Nora Almeida, City Tech Librarians

Elmborg, James. 2006. “Critical Information Literacy: Implications for Instructional Practice.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 32 (2): 192-199. Available as a PDF from http://citytech.ezproxy.cuny.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0099133305001898 (use library barcode from City Tech ID to access and download) and see page 196-199, Constructing Academic Discourse, for strategies of implementing IL.

Farrell, Robert and William Badke. 2015. “Situating Information Literacy in the Disciplines: A Practical and Systematic Approach for Academic Librarians.” Reference Services Review, 43 (2): 319-340. http://academicworks.cuny.edu/le_pubs/78/

Fister, Barbara. 2015. “Information Literacy in the Wild.” Web log post. Inside Higher Ed, 16 Feb. 2015. https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library-babel-fish/information-literacy-wild

ACRL Board. 2015. Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Association of College and Research Libraries, 2 Feb. 2015. http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework. Download PDF of the entire document here: http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/issues/infolit/Framework_ILHE.pdf Specifically relevant are the two sections: the Frames: http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework#frames and Appendix 1, for Faculty: How to Use the Framework:  http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframeworkapps#usefaculty for practical applications of IL.