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Anthony Tardiff – Communications in Information Literacy, 2024
Though the ACRL "Framework" holds metacognition as crucial to exercising information literacy, its emphasis was reduced from prominence in early drafts to a single mention in the final document. At the same time, few of the frequently-taught sets of source evaluation criteria include a step for self-awareness. This raises the question:…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Information Literacy, Information Sources, Evaluative Thinking
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Burkholder, Joel M.; Phillips, Kat – Journal of Information Literacy, 2022
What is bias? A review of the library literature reveals no attempts to define the concept. Nor does it reveal systematic attempts to develop interventions that teach the identification and evaluation of bias. Current pedagogical approaches (checklists and bias charts) tend to assume a self-evident definition that categorises bias as…
Descriptors: Bias, Information Literacy, Information Sources, Evaluation Methods
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Kathia Salomé Ibacache Oliva; Elizabeth Novosel; Stacy Gilbert – College & Research Libraries, 2024
According to a 2021 Pew Research report, over 80 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds use social media. Studies also show that higher education students use social media in both academic and everyday life. However, there is minimal research about how, or whether, librarians utilize social media in their library instruction as a source of information for…
Descriptors: Social Media, Information Literacy, Information Sources, Literacy Education
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Kari D. Weaver; Kate Mercer; Stephanie Mutch – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2024
This paper explores the connection between critical theory, information evaluation, and the instructional practice of critique for STEM students and librarian instructors. Using an emerging theory and instructional method, the authors examine how to more deeply include voices that have historically been excluded from STEM information critique. The…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, STEM Education, Critical Theory, Teaching Methods
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Faix, Allison; Daniels, Tristan – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023
With an awareness of growing issues in teaching source evaluation, the authors explored new methods to incorporate this skill into one-credit asynchronous information literacy courses. The authors discovered improvements in student performance when using SIFT and identified key strategies for its implementation to achieve best results.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Information Sources, Information Literacy, Asynchronous Communication
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Victoria Dawkins; Samantha LeGrand – Journal of Information Literacy, 2024
From checklists, to processes, to models, information literacy (IL) instructors have sought to better teach students how to evaluate the information they encounter, increasingly through critical information literacy (CIL) pedagogies. CIL engages high-impact pedagogical practices as students direct their learning through dialogue and…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Teaching Methods, Information Sources, Critical Literacy
Susan G. Archambault – Communications in Information Literacy, 2023
Traditional information literacy skills (e.g., effectively finding and evaluating information) need to be updated due to the rapidly changing information ecosystem and the growing dominance of online platforms that use algorithms to control and shape information. This article proposes additions to the current ACRL "Framework for Information…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Algorithms, Standards, Academic Libraries
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Alyssa Russo – Communications in Information Literacy, 2024
This narrative review examines the thematic content and evolution of information literacy textbooks published between 2005 and 2022. Analyzing sixteen textbooks, it explores two themes: the research process and conceptual foundations of information literacy. The research process theme highlights the procedural aspects of conducting library…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Preparation
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Stadler, Derek; Rojas, Alexandra; Perrenod, William; Keyes, Charles – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2021
Librarians at a community college in New York City identified that, unassisted, undergraduate students often find it difficult to categorize the various information formats they are locating and citing, such as a newspaper article, a book, a scholarly article, a blog or wiki entry, or a reference source. Due to their untrained approach defining…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Library Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Heather L. Katz – Journal of Political Science Education, 2024
How can information literacy (IL) skills be improved during one semester? The proliferation of information disorders - fabricated stories, misleading content, clickbait - requires skills beyond using a fake-news checklist. Students in an introductory political science course were asked to analyze a news story every week as a course objective to…
Descriptors: College Students, United States Government (Course), Information Literacy, Assignments
Lucy Santos Green; Karen Chassereau – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2023
The last ten years in school library research reflect an expanded definition of information literacy along with a stronger emphasis on in-depth information literacy development, concluding that a fundamental shift in instruction provided by school librarians is needed; one that not only helps students find information, but develops students'…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Instruction, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Preservice Teacher Education
Hosier, Allison – ALA Editions, 2022
Librarians know that information literacy is much more complex and nuanced than the basic library research skill that it's often portrayed as; in fact, as outlined by the ACRL Framework, research is a contextual activity. But the settings in which we teach often constrain our ability to take a more layered approach. This book not only shows you…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Information Literacy, Information Sources, Library Instruction
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Roach-Freiman, Ashley – Communications in Information Literacy, 2021
BEAM is a schema for categorizing the rhetorical positions of authors according to the author's intention or purpose of the information. This Innovative Practices piece critiques common methods of teaching source evaluation and proposes that instruction librarians teach BEAM to students who may struggle using a source once they have located it. A…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Rhetoric, Authors, Information Sources
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Faix, Allison; Fyn, Amy – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2020
To address the growing problem of misinformation, librarians often focus on approaches tied to the frame "Authority Is Constructed and Contextual" from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. The Framework, however, encompasses a much wider range of skills,…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Misconceptions, Information Skills, Librarians
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Shepard, Allison L.; Milewski, Steven D. – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2021
This article describes the development of online modules to introduce students to information and resources needed to be successful while pursuing a Bachelors or Masters Degree in social work at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). The course was developed by faculty at the University Libraries in collaboration with the Bachelor of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Social Work, Bachelors Degrees
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