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ACRL Guideline
Categories of Characteristics |
Dangerous Discussions
Questions/Issues |
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Mission
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Goals and
Objectives
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Definition
What should “Information Literacy” be called?
Defined as?
Skills vs. Content/Concepts vs. Tools
How important is it at YOUR institution to avoid
terms: "information literacy," "information
fluency," …?
How important is having a widely accepted
standardized definition? Within one
college/university?
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Information
Autonomy?
To what extent should those who achieve
"information literacy" be able to meet their own
information needs without the help of librarians
or anyone else?
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Planning
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Administrative
and Institutional Support
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Who cares?
Why bother? Whose job is it? Should it be?
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Accreditation
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Articulation
with the Curriculum
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Collaboration
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Plagiarism,
etc.?
How important to Information Literacy are
plagiarism and other "intellectual property"
issues?
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50 Minutes vs.
Lifetime?
Greatest Information Literacy Challenge:
Everything in 1 class period!
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Collaboration
with whom?
Faculty? Instructional Designers? Tech
Support?
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Information
Literacy for Faculty!!!????
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Pedagogy
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Staffing
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Changing Roles,
Images?
Librarians: Teachers: only in the library? In
classrooms? Need to Learn New Skills? Which
ones?
Library: Archive, Info Commons,
Physical/Virtual Space, Food?
Students: Provide and/or Receive Information
literacy services?
Publishers and Other Vendors (e.g., ETS
assessment)
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Outreach
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Teaching/Learning Centers
Librarians and Faculty Development Centers:
Provide and/or Receive Services?
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Assessment/Evaluation
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Assessment of
Whom by Whom?
Who is responsible? Who cares? Why?
Programmatic vs. Learning Outcomes
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