Information Literacy Perspectives & Practices

Information Literacy Perspectives & Practices are

• critical points of view, theoretical lenses, that shape one’s perceptions about consuming and producing information.
• core competencies associated with identifying, finding, evaluating, applying, and acknowledging information.

Key Words: Information; Critical Literacy

The ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) has identified six perspectives, which it calls Frameworks:

1. Authority is Constructed & Contextual
2. Information Creation as a Process
3. Information Has Value
4. Research as Inquiry
5. Scholarship as a Conversation
6. Searching as Strategic Exploration

In SIFT (The Four Moves), Mike Caulfield blogs about four critical literary perspectives: Stop, Investigate, Find, Trace.

1. Stop
2. Investigate the Source
3. Find trusted coverage
4. Trace claims, quotes, and media back to the original context