Abstract In 2009, President Barack Obama declared October of that year to be National
Information Literacy Awareness Month and issued a proclamation stating that" an informed …

This collection brings together scholarship and pedagogy from multiple perspectives and
disciplines, offering nuanced and complex perspectives on Information Literacy in the …

Since the first public library opened in Boston in 1854, librarians have believed libraries can
play a central role in the preservation of pluralist democracy by supporting the development …

Since its emergence in the 1970s, information literacy has developed in theory, practice, and
scope. In the United States, librarians, business leaders, and political stakeholders have …

Since the publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries'(ACRL)
Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education librarians have grappled with the …

This article adds to the recent literature that questions, and hopes to redefine, the
information literacy notions and practices in academic libraries and their institutions. The …

Information literacy is a central tenet of academic librarianship. However, technological
advancements coupled with drastic changes in users' information needs and expectations …

The development of the ACRL" Framework for Information Literacy" has sparked an
immense amount of conversation among academic librarians, though the profession is still …

ABSTRACT Column Editor's Note. Community college libraries are deeply
underrepresented in the professional literature and organizations of academic librarianship …

In Brief: The recently adopted ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher
Education has generated much critique and discussion, including many important reflections …