Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path

Library Guides. Information Literacy Program. Framework.

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) released in February 2015 the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. This framework expands on the standards (detailed in the box below), and "grows out of a belief that information literacy as an educational reform movement will realize its potential only through a richer, more complex set of core ideas." (ACRL) The Framework is organized into six frames, each consisting of a concept central to information literacy, a set of knowledge practices, and a set of dispositions. 

The six concepts that anchor the frames are presented alphabetically: Authority Is Constructed and Contextual 

Information Creation as a Process 

Information Has Value 

Research as Inquiry 

Scholarship as Conversation 

Searching as Strategic Exploration 

ACRL, librarians, and faculty are continually working together to better understand how to apply the Framework to higher education curriculum. For updates, community feedback, and a shared "toolbox" of assignments, assessments, and curriculum examples, please visit the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education Wordpress site.