Hi All:
ACRL has put out a call for open feedback for the first draft (soon to be second) of its
Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education Standards. This is a process that will result in the updating of their 2000
Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Ed.
http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency
Why I think it is important for ARLIS/NA members to address the contents of this draft is the lack of connection to Visual Literacy. It addresses “meta-literacy” but that may lump the visual in with technology driven literacies. Is understanding
how to download an image in a given format the same as understanding how to look carefully at and study it?
If you are engaged with any sort of instruction at your institution, I would recommend you read and comment on this draft.
http://acrl.ala.org/ilstandards/
Feedback is due on April 15, 2014.
Best,
Sarah Falls
ARLIS/NA Education Liaison
Sarah Falls
Head, Fine Arts Library, Assistant Professor
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