Higher Education - Lower Division
Associations and organizations
American Library Association (ALA)
http://www.ala.org/
Association of Colleges and Research Libraries ACRL/ALA
http://tinyurl.com/3lc26
CARL: California Academic and Research Libraries. California Chapter of ACRL.
http://www.carl-acrl.org/
SCIL: Southern California Instruction Librarians CARL/ACRL/ALA
http://clics.ucsd.edu/scil/
Offers opportunities for networking and library-instruction-related workshops in Southern California.
Instruction Section IS/ACRL
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/aboutacrl/acrlsections/instruction/homepage.htm
Focuses primarily on academic libraries. Offers many opportunities for active professional involvement through committees and elected offices. Hosts discussions at each ALA Midwinter Conference and Programs at each ALA Annual Conference. The semi-annual newsletter includes reports on committee activities, as well as ALA Annual conference programs and ALA Midwinter discussion forums.
Library Instruction Round Table LIRT/ALA
http://www3.baylor.edu/LIRT/
Open to librarians in all types of libraries, with many opportunities for active professional invovlement through committees and elected offices. The quarterly
newsletter includes a technology column and an annual list of the top 20 library-instruction-related publications.
California Clearinghouse on Library Instruction, North
http://ic.arc.losrios.edu/~ccli/
Maintains a depository of library instructional materials created by librarians in Norhtern California.
Offers oppotunities for networking and library-instruction-related workshops in Northern California
LOEX (Library Orientation and EXchange)
http://www.emich.edu/public/loex/loex.html
National clearinghouse of library instructional materials and links. Their annual conference is often overbooked.
Directories/Megasites
Calisphere. University of California
http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/
Primary source images and documents, plus "Themed Collections...
primary source sets organized to support California Content Standards."
CSU Systemwide Resources.
http://www.calstate.edu/LS/SystemwideResources.shtml
Checklist of Information Competencies for College Students (Word document)
http://www.calstate.edu/LS/Checklist_may_05.doc
Information Competency. Topsy N. Smalley
http://www.topsy.org/infocomp.html
... in the California Community Colleges. Topsy N. Smalley
http://www.topsy.org/infocomp.html#community
Listservs
ILI-L.
"Formerly the BI-L listserv, hosted on the American Library Association server,
and sponsored by the Instruction Section of the Association of College and
Research Libraries. Discusses Information Literacy Instruction, Bibliographic
Instruction, Library Use Instruction, and Library Orientation. The home page for
the list <http://www.ala.org/ala/acrlbucket/is/ilil.htm> includes archives for both
ILI-L and BI-L. Subscription required: Send message to listproc@ala.org with
"subscribe ILI-L your name" in the body of the message." (ALA. ACRL.
Information Literacy. Electronic Lists.)
http://tinyurl.com/ayk4k
Infolit-L.
An electronic discussion list for information literacy, co-sponsored by the
American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and the Association of
College and Research Libraries (ACRL). "INFOLIT is a forum for school, academic
and public librarians to exchange ideas on information literacy programs and
experiences that demonstrate a collaborative relationship between K-12 and higher
education institutions." (ALA. ACRL. <http://tinyurl.com/8gaj2>)
To subscribe: Send a blank e-mail message to subscribe-infolit@ala.org with your
first and last name as the subject
Sample Curricula/Lesson Plans
Activities List: Information literacy. Dalhousie Libraries
http://infolit.library.dal.ca/staff/activities_list.htm
MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
Note: Public domain digital learning objects created mostly by faculty/librarians and
organized by subject.
http://www.merlot.org/Home.po
SOS for Information Literacy.
http://www.informationliteracy.org/default.php
Register for an account; then search lesson plans by grade level or topic.
Tips and Techniques for Library Instruction. University of Texas, Austin
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/tips/index.html
Standards
Academic Literacy: A Statement of Competencies Expected of Students Entering
California's Public Colleges and Universities.
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges
http://www.asccc.org/Publications/Papers/AcademicLiteracy/AcademicLiteracy.pdf
Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. 2003. ALA/ACRL. http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/informationliteracycompetency.htm
Information Literacy Web Site. ALA/ACRL
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/acrlinfolit/informationliteracy.htm
Tutorials
Basic Library Skills: Dallas County Community College
http://ollie.dcccd.edu/library/BasicSkills.htm
Road to Research. UCLA College Library/ Esther Grassian
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/library/
Basic information literacy tutorial, geared to UCLA undergraduates.
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