Information Literacy Resources 

Information Literacy Standards: Springfield College

• Springfield College Information Literacy Across the Curriculum: Matrix of objectives by general education and disciplines based on ACRL standards. Approved by the SC Faculty Curriculumn Committee on Febrary 9, 2006.


• Springfield College Information Literacy Objectives Blank Grid: MS Word document with blank outcomes which can be used to match course outcomes with literacy objectives.


• Springfield College Information Literacy Objectives Grid with Outcomes: MS Word document with literacy standards and objectives with sample outcomes. A PDF version is also available.


• Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education: A Powerpoint presentation of an overview of the ACRL standards created for the Springfield College Information Literacy Project.

National Standards

• "Information literacy forms the basis for lifelong learning. It is common to all disciplines, to all learning environments, and to all levels of education. It enables learners to master content and extend their investigations, become more self-directed, and assume greater control over their own learning. An information literate individual is able to: Determine the extent of information needed; Access the needed information effectively and efficiently; Evaluate information and its sources critically; Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base; Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose; Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legally."
  
  -- From the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
  
  -- Download a copy of the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education as a PDF document.



• Objectives for Information Literacy Instruction: Model statement from ACRL matching instruction objectives, performance indicators and outcomes to the five literacy standards:
  
  - Competency Standard One: The information literate student determines the extent of the information needed.
  
  - Competency Standard Two: The information literate student accesses needed information effectively and efficiently.
  
  - Competency Standard Three: The information literate student evaluates information and its sources critically and incorporates selected information into his or her knowledge base and value system.
  
  - Competency Standard Four: The information literate student, individually or as a member of a group, uses information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose.
  
  - Competency Standard Five: The information literate student understands many of the economic, legal and social issues surrounding the use of information and accesses and uses information ethically and legally.


• New England Association of Schools and Colleges: New NEASC Standards of Accreditation which includes newly adopted literacy goals. (PDF file)

-- "The institution ensures that students use information resources and information technology as an integral part of their education. The institution provides appropriate orientation and training for use of these resources, as well as instruction and support in information literacy and information technology appropriate to the degree level and field of study." (Standard 4.6)

-- "The institution demonstrates that students use information resources and techonology as an integral part of their education, attaining levels of proficiency appropriate to their degree and subject or professional field of study. The institution ensures that students have available and are appropriately directed to sources of information appropriate to support and enrich their academic works, and that throughout their program students gain increasingly sophisticated skills in evaluating the quality of information sources." (Standard 7.8)


• Other relevant ACRL standards and guidelines
  
  
  • Information literacy standards for science and technology students
    
  
  
  • Information literacy standards for anthropology and sociology students