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Useful Information Literacy Links

Many of the pages on this list have links to other resources and to each other. Please email suggestions for additional resources.

General Sites and Organizations | Online Communications | Articles & Bibliographies

General Sites and Organizations

ACRL
The ACRL site for Information Literacy. This site includes information literacy standards, an overview , a glossary, resources and ideas, professional activity sources, news and more. The site could be useful to librarians as well as faculty and students new to Information Literacy.

American Library Association- Library Instruction Round Table

Round table established to encourage library instruction to academic, public and school libraries.

Association of College and Research Libraries and American Library Association Instruction Section

Over 4,000 members from a variety of academic institutions concerned with Instruction an information literacy.

 

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions- Information Literacy Section

Designed to promote and encourage internal collaboration amongst members concerned with iInformation literacy.

Instructional Improvement in Academic Libraries
Developed by Scott Walter at the University of Kansas. Comprehensive site covering issues of student assessment and instructional improvement in libraries. The site includes relevant articles, presentations, and models.

National Forum on Information Literacy

Group of numerous organizations, national and international, committed to promoting information literacy.

Online Communications

University of Colorado at Boulder- Instruction Blog

 

ACRL Wiki- Information Literacy

 

Information Literacy Weblog

 

Infoteach

A wiki and discussion board centered on the teaching of information literacy, developed by librarians of the University of Northampton.

 

Information Literacy Land of Confusion

Librarian, Michael Lorenzen, personal blog

 

Online Articles and Bibliographies

Online Bibliographies

 

Bibliography of Citations Related to the Research Agenda for Library Instruction and Information Literacy ACRL Instruction Section Research & Scholarship Committee compilation.

 

Library Instruction Page

Contains articles on information literacy and library instruction. Most materials are older but still pertinent in many respects.

 

Instruction and InfoLit Article Samples

These are a small sampling of articles and research that may be of interest to instruction librarians at CU Boulder. Many of these articles require CU authentication.

 

Buschman, J, et. al., Researching and Shaping Information Literacy Initiatives in Relation to the Web: Some Framework Problems and Needs. The Journal of Academic Librarianship v. 31 no. 1 (2005) p. 12-18.

 

Burke, G. et al. Information literacy: Bringing a Renaissance to Reference. Portal: Libraries and the Academy v. 5 no. 3 (2005) p. 353-370.

 

Characteristics of programs of information literacy that illustrate best practice: A draft. College & Research Libraries News v. 64 no. 1 (2003) p. 32-5

 

Dahl, Candice C. Scenario-based active learning as a low-tech environment. College & Undergraduate Libraries v. 11 no. 2 (2004) p. 17-27.

 

Fitzgerald, M. A. Making the Leap from High School to College: Three New Studies about Information Literacy Skills of First-Year College Students. Knowledge Quest v.32 no. 4 (2004) p. 19-24.

 

Hearn, Michael F. Embedding a Librarian in the Classroom: An Intensive Information Literacy Model. Reference Services Review v.33 no. 2 (2005) p. 219-227.

 

Hensley, Randy. Curiosity and Creativity as Attributes of Information Literacy. Reference & User Services Quarterly v. 44 no. 1 (2004) p. 31-36.

 

Holliday, Wendy; Qin, Li. Understanding the millennials: updating our knowledge about students Reference Services Review v. 32 no. 4 (2004) p. 56-66.

 

McDonald, Joseph. Information Literacy or Literate Information? MLA Forum v.3 no.2 (July 14 2004).

 

Owusu-Ansah, Edward K. Information literacy and higher education: placing the academic library in the center of a comprehensive solution. The Journal of Academic Librarianship v.30 no. 1 (2004) p. 3-16.

 

Owusu-Ansah, Edward K. Debating definitions of information literacy: enough is enough! Library Review v. 54 no. 6 (2005) Conceptual Paper.

 

Rockman, I.F. Strengthening Connections Between Information Literacy, General Education, and Assessment Efforts. Library Trends v. 51 no. 2 (2002) p. 185-198.

 

Scales, J., et. al., Compliance, Cooperation, Collaboration and Information Literacy. The Journal of Academic Librarianship v. 31 no. 3 (2005) p. 229-35.

 

Seamans, Nancy. Student perceptions of information literacy: insights for librarians. Reference Services Review v. 30 no. 2 (2002) p. 112-23.

 

Smith, Steffan A. Designing collaborative learning experiences for library computer classrooms. College & Undergraduate Libraries v. 11 no. 2 (2004) p. 65-83.

 

Tao, D. Bibliographic Instruction for a Divers Population: Understanding, Planning, and Teaching in the Twenty-First Century. Art Documentation v. 24 no. 1 (2005) p.29-37.

 

Related Sources

Levy, P. and Roberts, S. (Eds) Developing the New Learning Environment: the changing role of the academic librarian. London : Facet, (2005).

Littlejohn, Allison. Chapter 4: Key issues in the design and delivery of technology-enhanced learning.

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