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Using this Toolkit
This guide for faculty provides Information Literacy (IL) resources for teaching, learning, and assessment. Use the tabs to navigate through this guide to find information about integrating information literacy strategies into your coursework.
General Education IL Rubric
This rubric has been designed for course submission and assessment in the General Education Program.
Practicing IL in the Classroom and Incorporating IL in Projects and Assignments
Use these pages to create or adapt exercises and assignments that will enhance students' IL competency.
Best Practices for Effective Library Research Assignments
Consult this list for suggestions on making student library research meaningful and effective.
InfoRhode Tutorials
A series of 13 short videos that will help your students learn, or refresh, basic college-level information research skills. Link to or embed the videos into assignments, course pages or Web sites for point-of-need instruction.
Additional Resources
Consult this list of resources for help in supporting students' information literacy competency.
What is Information Literacy (IL)?
- Information Literacy Defined (Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, ACRL, 2016)"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." p. 8
- Discipline Specific Information Literacy StandardsFrom the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)
Contact
Mary MacDonald
Head of Instructional Services
marymac@uri.edu
University of Rhode Island Libraries