Investigating Faculty Perceptions of Information Literacy and Instructional Collaboration

Authors

Angie Cox, University of Northern IowaFollow
Amandajean Nolte, University of Northern Iowa
Angela L. Pratesi, Bowling Green State UniversityFollow

Comments

First published in Communications in Information Literacy v.17 n.2 (2023) by Portland State University. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15760/comminfolit.2023.17.2.5

Document Type

Article

Keywords

information literacy, critical thinking, library instruction, faculty perceptions, ACRL Framework, ACRL Standards

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Communications in Information Literacy

Volume

17

Issue

2

First Page

407

Last Page

423

Abstract

This exploratory mixed-methods study investigates faculty perceptions of information literacy (IL), its instruction, and librarian collaboration teaching IL since the adoption of the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education at the authors’ institution. Many previous studies examining these questions were completed when the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education was the guiding document for the profession. Like earlier studies, findings from this study clearly demonstrate that faculty value IL and that collaborations occur in differing and inconsistent forms. However, at the authors’ institution, there is a misalignment between faculty and librarians in what IL is and what it encompasses, including the amount of overlap between critical thinking skills and IL. The data indicates a discrepancy between the value faculty place on IL and the instructional interventions supporting student IL skill development. The authors discuss the implications of these findings in their local context.

Department

Rod Library

Original Publication Date

1-1-2023

Object Description

1 PDF File

DOI of published version

10.15760/comminfolit.2023.17.2.5

Repository

UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa

Copyright

©2023 The Author(s). CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Cox, Angie; Nolte, Amandajean; and Pratesi, Angela L., "Investigating Faculty Perceptions of Information Literacy and Instructional Collaboration" (2023). Faculty Publications. 5546.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/5546