Subjects
acrl framework; standards; information literacy; higher education
Document Type
Special Feature
Abstract
Given the prevalence of the Information Literacy Competency Standards in the library profession for the past 15 years, and the heated debate that took place regarding whether or not the Framework for Information Literacy and the Standards could harmoniously co-exist, the article raises questions about the future of information literacy in higher education. We do not necessarily have answers to these questions, but offer our own perspectives, some insight into how the Standards have served New Jersey academic librarians in the past, and how we envision using the Framework and the Standards together to further information literacy instruction at our institutions. Discussions of these questions have led us to the conclusion that the Framework and the Standards serve different purposes and have different intended audiences and are thus both valuable to the library profession.
DOI
10.15760/comminfolit.2015.9.2.193
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/22373
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Recommended Citation
Dempsey, M. E., Dalal, H., Dokus, L. R., Charles, L. H., & Scharf, D. (2015). Continuing the Conversation: Questions about the Framework. Communications in Information Literacy, 9 (2), 164-175. https://doi.org/10.15760/comminfolit.2015.9.2.193