Adopt a Common Language:
Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
Librarians, like teaching faculty, aspire to teach students to find, interpret, and produce information that is valued in academia. Together, we can do so by exposing students to six frames of understanding in the first-year, milestone, capstone, and graduate courses that you teach. Those frames are:
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Scholarship as ConversationResearch matures over time and through sustained discourse amongst researchers.Learn more |
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Information Creation as a ProcessResearch is a unique iterative process, which is reflected in a person's work.Learn more |
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Information Has ValueLegal and socioeconomic interests influence information gathering and distribution.Learn more |
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Research as InquiryEach question in the research process builds on the previous one and paves way for the next.Learn more |
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Authority Is Constructed and ContextualInformation is judged in part based on its creator’s credibility and is applied in context.Learn more |
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Searching as Strategic ExplorationResearch works best when approached with an open, flexible mind.Learn more |