ACRL Definition of Information Literacy



|ACRL Definition of Information Literacy |Liberal Arts Definition |Discipline Definitions of Information Literacy Considerations|

| |“In liberal arts colleges, librarians and faculty assist students in | |

|A set of abilities requiring individuals to “recognize when |developing a sophisticated relationship with information by fostering |“What it means to be a ….” |

|information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate and use|appropriate expectations for information sources, and respect for the | |

|effectively the needed information.” |intellectual work of others.” |Institutional Research: “What are you |

| | |measuring?” |

|Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, ACRL, |FYILLAA / First Year Information Literacy in the Liberal Arts Assessment | |

|2000 |Project |Definitions or skills list |

| |(current project funded by the MITC / Midwest Information Technology | |

| |Center) | |

|Classics |Economics |English |

|Knowing what sorts of questions and |Data Literacy/Information Literacy Skills |Grounded in literary texts |

|problems Classicists study; |Use of EconLit, JSTOR, SSCI/WOS |Knowledge of methods to access and |

|Understanding how and when to use any |Identifying publicly available data sets |evaluate primary texts (including rare |

|reference or search tools appropriate to |Organizing a literature review |and special editions) |

|answer these questions and problems; |Locating summary articles |Knowledge of technologies involved |

|Understanding how to evaluate the |Identifying seminal works |in accessing on-line resources and |

|information these tools uncover. |Identifying research questions |evaluating those resources |

| |Determining whether data exist to answer | |

| |a research question | |

| |Critical reading of articles in leading journals | |

|Geology |History | |

|Information-literate geologists should be: |Able to formulate and answer historical | |

|Proficient in using the full range of |questions on the basis of primary sources | |

|information sources in the discipline (incl. |Able to use secondary sources to enlarge | |

|maps, data, field guides, etc.); |dossier of sources, perspectives and questions | |

|Able to search and locate documents, |Understand concepts of intellectual honesty | |

|manage search results, evaluate sources; |and proper crediting of others’ work | |

|Able to frame a research question, |Familiar with library resources | |

|determine if it is answerable and where to |Develop a research project | |

|get the information |Situate oneself in a pre-existing field or body | |

|Able to use established procedures to cite |of literature | |

|and acknowledge sources of information | | |

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