ERIC Number: EJ1089013
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 5
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Time for a Paradigm Shift: The New ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
Banks, Marcus
Communications in Information Literacy, v7 n2 p184-188 2013
Academic librarians should expand our understanding of what counts as an authoritative resource, and be unafraid to challenge long-established wisdom in this domain. Wikipedia is far from perfect, but neither is the Encyclopedia Britannica. Wikipedia is updated daily, while the Britannica is no longer printed. If we cling to the Britannica as a symbol of authoritativeness, we will become obsolete ourselves. One way to prevent this fate is to reframe our collective thinking. In 2014 the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) will issue a revised version of the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. The task force shepherding this revision (ACRL, 2012) argues that the standards "should not be reapproved as they exist but should be extensively revised" (pg. 1). This is because the Internet has profoundly altered the ways in which we create, share, analyze and validate information. To be credible, the new ACRL standards must take full account of this change.
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Competence, Higher Education, Academic Libraries, Standards, Library Administration, Library Associations, Criticism, College Libraries, Citations (References), Scholarship, Information Sources, Librarians
Communications in Information Literacy. Director, University of Oklahoma-Tulsa Library, Schusterman Center, 4502 East 41st Street, Tulsa, OK 74135. Tel: 918-660-3222; Fax: 918-660-3215; e-mail: editors@comminfolit.org; Web site: http://www.comminfolit.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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