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New Framework For Information Literacy

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Andy Burkhardt

The current Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education were adopted in 2000. A lot has happened since then. Facebook was founded in 2004. In 2005 Youtube was born. 2006 saw the creation of Twitter. In 2007 the iPhone debuted. We’re… Continue Reading →

Learning and Unlearning Habits of Mind

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Andy Burkhardt

I attended ALA Midwinter last week and there was forum about the upcoming revisions to the ACRL Information Literacy Standards. There was a fair share of angst and anxiety expressed about the upcoming changes. The previous standards were focused on… Continue Reading →