Information Literacy Resources

The concept variously termed information competency, information fluency, or information literacy is the ability to find and use information reflectively and responsibly; information literacy is a crucial aspect of liberal education. For more information about information literacy at Lawrence, please see a reference librarian.

Library Instruction

• Thoughts from the Library on Students and Liberal Learning
• Library Research Instruction
• Library Research Guides: pages produced by the Lawrence librarians for a variety of instruction sessions

Course Integration

• Assignment Design: Workshops and Resources

Workshops

• ACM Information Literacy in the Social Sciences

Other Resources

• ACM Information Literacy Project
• Information Literacy Competencies and Criteria for Academic Libraries in Wisconsin from the Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians (WAAL)
• Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
• Objectives for Information Literacy Instruction: A Model Statement for Academic Librarians from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
• Seven Faces of Information Literacy in Higher Education and Developing Information Literate Graduates: Prompts For Good Practice by Christine Bruce, Queensland University of Technology

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