1. 23 April 2010
ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards

2. Information-Literate Individuals Can

• Determine the extent of information needed
• 3. Access the needed information effectively and efficiently
• 4. Evaluate information & its sources critically
• 5. Incorporate selected information into ones own knowledge base
• 6. Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose
• 7. Understand the economic, social, & legal issues surrounding the use of information
• 8. Access and use information ethically & legally

(ACRLs Information Literacy Standards)

9. Skills students have mastered

10. Which of these do you think our students believe they have mastered the most? Why?

11. Which of these do you feel we address the best in our instruction sessions?
Answers:
Access and mechanics
After all, if students went away from the
Library not knowing how to access the
needed information, how could they
adequately develop competencies in the
other areas. How could they complete
their assignment.

12. Where should we focus our attention?
Access and evaluation
See previous slide. With only 50 minutes to work with classes, we need to make sure students know how to access the resources.
Knowing the extent of information that they need
Discussion on working with instructors to know the assignment indicated that that would help a bunch with teaching students how much information they might need.