Implementing ACRL's Information Literacy Framework

On November 18, 2016, librarians and faculty from throughout the Maricopa Community Colleges and Arizona higher education institutions came together for a day to interpret the ACRL Framework and identify instructional strategies to foster ACRL Information Literacy knowledge practices. The event was coordinated and facilitated by the Maricopa Community College's Library Instructional Council. This guide contains the presentations and resources shared and created on this day.

About

Recognizing the rapidly changing higher education environment and the dynamic and often uncertain information ecosystem in which all of us work and live, the Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL) recently adopted a new Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education. The ACRL Framework provides a flexible set of core information literacy concepts that enable opportunities for deeper learning rather than a set of sequential, prescribed information literacy skills. 

Information literacy is a primary institutional student learning outcome for many colleges within Maricopa and it is integral to overall student success in the classroom and the workplace. This conference will provide faculty throughout Maricopa the opportunity to come together and learn about the new framework and share how they are interpreting and applying the six core information literacy concepts:

• Authority Is Constructed and Contextual
• Information Creation as a Process
• Information Has Value
• Research as Inquiry
• Scholarship as Conversation
• Searching as Strategic Exploration

Faculty attending this conference will walk away with instructional strategies and collaborative opportunities for applying the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in the classroom and across the curriculum.