Implementing the information literacy framework : a practical guide for librarians

Book

Implementing the information literacy framework : a practical guide for librarians / Dave Harmeyer, Janice J. Baskin.

Harmeyer, Dave, 1956- (author.). Baskin, Janice J., 1951- (author.).

Summary:

Gives the tools and strategies to implement framework-based information literacy experiences for students and faculty, creating a campus culture that understands, and integrates, information literacy in its educational mission.

Implementing the Information Literacy Framework: A Practical Guide for Librarians is written with three types of people in mind: librarians, classroom educators, and students. This book and its website address the implementation of the Association of College and Research Libraries' Framework of Information Literacy in Higher Education. One of the few books written jointly by an academic librarian and a classroom faculty member, Implementing the Information Literacy Framework packs dozens of how-to ideas and strategies into ten chapters specifically intended for librarians and classroom instructors. If you have been waiting for a no-nonsense, carefully explained, yet practical source for implementing the Framework, this book is for you, your colleagues, and your students, all in the context of a discipline-specific, equal collaboration between the library liaison and classroom educator. Implementing the Information Literacy Framework gives you the tools and strategies to put into practice a host of Framework-based information literacy experiences for students and faculty, creating a campus culture that understands and integrates information literacy into its educational mission.

Record details

ISBN: 9781538107577
ISBN: 1538107570
Physical Description: xxiii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Publisher: Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: At the crossroads: reframing information literacy instruction -- From standards to framework: the difference and why it matters -- Pre-framework ideas to do this year -- The culture in the classroom -- Joining the information literacy conversation in education -- Tips for creating a framework campus culture -- Practical framework inroads -- Teaching information literacy: first three frames of the framework -- Teaching information literacy: last three frames of the framework -- Moving forward in creating framework-based information literacy instruction -- Appendix A. What is information literacy? A short guide for faculty and librarians -- Appendix B. Flashcards for the six frames -- Appendix C. Thematic coding of the 2000 standards as found in the 2015 framework -- Appendix D. Bookmarks.