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PERCEPTIONS & UNDERSTANDINGS of the
elizabeth a. berman merinda kaye hensley
ACRL FRAMEWORK FORINFORMATION LITERACY
PRES
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RSElizabeth A. BermanLibrary Associate ProfessorUniversity of [email protected]@elizabethberman
Merinda Kaye HensleyAssistant ProfessorUniversity of Illinois at [email protected]@mhensle1
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WSurvey DesignDemographicsEngagement with the ACRL FrameworkPerceptions of the ACRL FrameworkReflectionQ&A
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IGNOnline survey with open and closed-ended questions.
2 groups:• Invited respondents• Open respondents
Total (N=356)• Invited, response rate 38%
(n=117)• Open (n=239)
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Demographics:• Institution• Position• Percentage workload for
instruction• ACRL Immersion participation• Years as professional librarian• Year MLIS obtained• Age
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SAttitude towards ACRL Framework and component parts.
Perceptions of learning theories in ACRL Framework: • threshold concepts• metaliteracy• essential concepts
To be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate,
evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.
ALA Presidential Committee on Information Literacy Final Report
information literacy definition: 1989
Information literacy is the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective
discoveryof information, the understanding of how
information is produced and valued, and theuse of information in creating new
knowledge and participating ethically in communitiesof learning.
ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
information literacy definition: 2015
core concepts“I think librarians become limited to 'presenters' when we stick with skills-based knowledge acquisition....helping students master concepts and their application elevates us as instructors and students as learners.”
“I think they [the frames] lack a sound theoretical basis. I think there is insufficient evidence to support the claim that these are six concepts that students actually struggle with in precisely the ways they are described. I think they are intentionally vague and ambiguous. That is to say, I think you can take what you're doing locally and find a way to read into the Frames, but I don't think you can take the Frames and figure out what to do locally. In other words, they offer no guidance.”
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What have we learned about the ACRL Framework – and our
profession – as a result of this survey?