Why is it important to incorporate information literacy into your courses and assignments?
UMA Librarians Cory Budden, Donna Maher, Veronica Nargi, and Cynthia Kitchin are happy to offer information literacy sessions on a variety of topics!
Check out the Embedded Librarian tab for additional options for integrating librarians into your courses.
Librarians typically design their instruction around the Association of College and Research Libraries Information Literacy Framework. This framework consists of six concepts for students to engage with through library instruction and navigating different types of information and the scenarios in which we seek and consume information.
"The Framework opens the way for librarians, faculty, and other institutional partners to redesign instruction sessions, assignments, courses, and even curricula; to connect information literacy with student success initiatives; to collaborate on pedagogical research and involve students themselves in that research; and to create wider conversations about student learning, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and the assessment of learning on local campuses and beyond."
Information Literacy Framework full text.
