Library: ACRL Information Literacy Framework: Resources

Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education

The ACRL Framework is centered around six frames, each frame is centered on a threshold concept that is a component of information literacy:

Authority is Constructed and Contextual
Information Creation as a Process
Information Has Value
Research as Inquiry
Scholarship as Conversation
Searching as Strategic Exploration

Each frame is associated with knowledge practices (abilities and skills developed as a result of understanding the concept) and dispositions (attitudes and behaviors acquired as a result of understanding the concept and knowledge practices).

Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL): Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
"The Framework offered here is called a framework intentionally because it is based on a cluster of interconnected core concepts, with flexible options for implementation, rather than on a set of standards or learning outcomes, or any prescriptive enumeration of skills. At the heart of this Framework are conceptual understandings that organize many other concepts and ideas about information, research, and scholarship into a coherent whole."
Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL): Annotated Bibliography of Threshold Concepts
An annotated bibliography on the framework and threshold concepts compiled by ACRL Student Learning and Information Literacy Committee.

Instructional Resources at Highline

This information from Highline College will provide you with information and resources regarding the ACRL Framework.

ACRL Information Literacy Framework
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Highline College Library Lesson Plan
Highline College Library IL Rubric
Scheduling Instruction - Spring Quarter
Scripts to send faculty encouraging collaboration for assessment.
Information Literacy Rubric Aligned with the Framework

Information Literacy (IL) Librarian Resources
A collection of IL instructional materials designed for faculty by librarians.

Activities Related to the Framework

The concepts outlined in the Framework require more time to engage with and are most meaningful when applied to specific activities. Below are resources that include activities related to specific frames:

Framework for information literacy for higher education: Draft 2
Go to page 14 of the document for a list of activities related to each frame.
ACRL Toolkit from CARLI (Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois)
Academic Librarians from multiple institutions throughout Illinois share lesson plans that incorporate the ACRL Framework.
Sample Learning Activities -- Movie Views and Reviews
A Creative Commons lesson plan that addresses the frames: Authority is Constructed and Contextual and Information Creation as a Process.
Sample Activity: Citation Sleuthing
A Creative Commons lesson plan that addresses the frames: Authority is Constructed and Contextual and Scholarship as Conversation.
Effective research assignments from Oregon State University Library
A variety of lesson plans that incorporate different Frames.

ACRL Information Literacy Framework: Resources

Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education

Instructional Resources at Highline

Activities Related to the Framework

Further Reading

Framework on Twitter