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Envisioning a Library for the Future of RGC

Working Guide for the Working Group

Key Terms Defined

Related Terms Defined

   
Information Literacy "the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning" (ACRL Framework, 2017)
Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education

"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 Framework, 2017)
   
   
information code-switching "a kind of code-switching that refers specifically to the preferences of a person when it comes to choosing a language or dialect for a particular kind of information behavior" (Albarillo, 2018)
   
metaliteracy

"expands the scope of traditional information skills (determine, access, locate, understand, produce, and use information) to include the collaborative production and sharing of information in participatory digital environments (collaborate, produce, and share). This approach requires an ongoing adaptation to emerging technologies and an understanding of the critical thinking and reflection required to engage in these spaces as producers, collaborators, and distributors" (Mackey and Jacobson, 2014).

 

more key terms to define above:

  • Online public access catalog (OPAC)
  • Web-scale discovery system
  • ILS (Integrated Library System)
  • EBSCO (vendor)
  • Learning Management System (LMS) 
  • Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI)