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ACRL Information Literacy Framework

The ACRL Framework for Information Literacy and the Six Major Frames.

Figure 3. The ACRL Framework for Information Literacy and the Six Major Frames. From: Burress, T., Clark, M., Hernandez, S., & Myhill, N. (2015, June). Wikipedia: Teaching Metaliteracy in the Digital Landscape [poster]. Presented at the ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition, San Francisco.

Academic Libraries and Technology: An Environmental Scan Towards Future Possibility - Scientific Figure on ResearchGate. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-ACRL-Framework-for-Information-Literacy-and-the-Six-Major-Frames-From-Burress-T_fig6_320992321 [accessed 8 Feb, 2024]

Information Literacy Redefined

Information literacy is the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning.

In earlier drafts of the Framework, Information literacy was defined as a spectrum of abilities, practices, and habits of mind that extends and deepens learning through engagement with the information ecosystem. It includes

understanding essential concepts about that ecosystem;
engaging in creative inquiry and critical reflection to develop questions and to find, evaluate, and manage information through an iterative process;
creating new knowledge through ethical participation in communities of learning, scholarship, and civic purpose; and
adopting a strategic view of the interests, biases, and assumptions present in the information ecosystem.

23 Framework Things
Tool for academic librarians to "read, reflect, and respond to prompts and big questions surrounding the implementation". Developed in 2017 by Instruction Round Table of the Minnesota Library Association.
Alignments chart for the previous ACRL standards and the new framework
The purpose of this chart is to facilitate an understanding of the commonalities between the two, and to serve as a tool for developing learning objectives when adapting to the new framework.
Annotated Bibliography of Threshold Concepts
The list represents a wide variety of disciplines around threshold concepts and serves as an introduction to threshold concepts in the literature of educational theory. There are several examples for how threshold concepts are determined, taught and assessed including case studies and evidence-based assessment.
Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
IL Framework Fundamentals
A public Zotero group for articles on implementing the ACRL Framework.

14th Annual Information Literacy Summit
Notes compiled by Eric Bradley and Jessica Mahoney on the conference "Revising, Refreshing, Reframing Our Practice: Information Literacy, Threshold Concepts, and the New ACRL Framework"
Identifying Threshold Concepts for Information Literacy: A Delphi Study
Townsend, L., Hofer, A. R., Lin Hanick, S., & Brunetti, K. (2016). Identifying Threshold Concepts for Information Literacy: A Delphi Study. Communications in Information Literacy, 10 (1), 23-49. https://doi.org/10.15760/comminfolit.2016.10.1.13
Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy.
Mackey, T., & Jacobson, T. (2011). Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy. College & Research Libraries, 72(1), 62-78. doi:https://doi.org/10.5860/crl-76r1
Threshold Concepts: Undergraduate Teaching, Postgraduate Training and Professional Development
Rich definition and bibliography of "threshold concepts" developed by a group at University College London
Threshold Concepts and Information Literacy
Townsend, L., Brunetti, K., & Hofer, A.R. (2011). Threshold Concepts and Information Literacy. portal: Libraries and the Academy 11(3), 853-869. doi:10.1353/pla.2011.0030.

ACRL Framework Videos

Bucknell ACRL Framework Videos - Each video focuses on one of the six ACRL information literacy frames. Average length is 5 min.