Fall Semester Information Literacy Learning Objectives
Based on the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education
Scholarship is a Conversation
- Students will be able to describe the rationale for citing one’s sources, particularly in an academic setting.
- Students will be able to distinguish between scholarly and non-scholarly sources.
Authority is Constructed and Contextual
- Students will be able to use authority as a criterion for evaluating sources.
Information Creation as a Process
- Students will be able to connect format/creation process to a specific need.
- Students will be able to describe the peer-review process (or editing process).
Information has Value
- Students will be able to differentiate between paid and “free” information systems.
Research as Inquiry
- Students will be able to develop initial research questions/scope of investigation.
Searching as Strategic Exploration
- Students will be able to efficiently navigate the library to find materials.
- Students will be able to recognize how adding additional search terms, quotation marks, and Boolean operators will affect their search results.
Spring Semester Information Literacy Learning Objectives
Scholarship is a Conversation
- Students will be able to describe how the conversation around a particular topic has changed over time within a discipline (or across multiple disciplines)
Authority is Constructed and Contextual
- Students will be able to discuss what types of authority are respected in a specific social context.
Information Creation as a Process
- Students will be able to identify strengths/weaknesses of specific formats/creation processes.
Information has Value
- Students will learn about how subscription sources add value to searching through the addition of subject heading systems/thesauri and through specialized search fields adapted to the topic of the database.
Research as Inquiry
- Students will be able to give examples of how research is an iterative process that develops over time.
Searching as Strategic Exploration
- Students will be able to recognize how adding additional search terms, quotation marks, and Boolean operators will affect their search results.