Information Literacy Student Learning Outcomes: ACRL Framework for Information Literacy

What is the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy

The framework was developed by ACRL in 2015 as a model for teaching students about research and evaluation of information. 

What significance or value does the ACRL Framework have for faculty?

“The Framework opens the way for librarians, faculty, and other partners to redesign instruction sessions, assignments, courses, and even curricula; to connect information literacy with students success initiatives; to collaborate on pedagogical research and involve students themselves with that research; and to create wider conversations about student learning, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and the assessment of learning on local campuses and beyond.” ("Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education", American Library Association, p. 3, February 9, 2015. http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework.)

Six Frames

1. Authority Is Constructed and Contextual (ACC)
2. Information Creation as a Process (ICP)
3. Information Has Value (IV)
4. Research as Inquiry (RI)
5. Scholarship as Conversation (SC)
6. Searching as Strategic Exploration (SSE)