Information Literacy

General Resources for Information Literacy

• David Loertscher on Librarians and Information Literacy
• Information Literacy Library Success: Best Practices Wiki
• Information Literacy Shambles (The Education Project Asia)
• Information/Media Fluencies/Transliteracy TL Guide from Joyce Valenza
• Institute for Library and Information Literacy Education from Kent State
• Judi Moreillon's Cyber Home and Web support for Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension
• LOEX (Clearinghouse for Library Instruction and Information Literacy) from Eastern Michigan University
• Media Literacy (2009 keynote at MVU Symposium by Julia Angwin, Columnist &Technology Editor for Wall Street Journal)
• Michigan Educational Technology Standards (METS)
• New Tools Wiki from Joyce Valenza
• Planting the Seeds of Change (Kathy Schrock: Infusing Information Literacy Skills)
• 21st Century Information Fluency

Activities, Projects, Tutorials for Information Literacy

• ACRL Web Tutorials from the Association of College and Research Libraries
• Doing Research from University of Illinois at Chicago
• Formulating a Search Strategy from Hunter College
• Information Seeking Skills Go for the Gold from James Madison University
• Interactive Tutorials from Vaughan Memorial Library, Acadia University,
• Library Skills Shambles
• Library Skills Tutorial from Glascow University Library
• Library Video Tutorial from Brown University
• MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching)
• Research Guides from Bailey Library, Slipery Rock University
• Searchpath information literacy tutorial from Western Michigan University
• S.O.S. for Information Literacy (voted an AASL TOP 25 Best Website for Teaching and Learning)
• Student Learning Packets from San Diego State University

Assessment of Information Literacy

• Assessments of Information Literacy available online (Jon Mueller offers tests, rubrics, and an Authentic Assessment Toolbox)
• Educational Testing Service Information Literacy Test (preview article from School Library Journal)
• ETS iSkills™ (overview of actual test from Educational Testing Service)
• Information Literacy Quiz (Alan November)
• Oregon MS info lit test
• Oregon HS info lit test
• Research Skills Assessment Instrument from Lehigh University
• TRAILS (Tool for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills) and ILforTrails9 support wiki