ACRL Standards (Higher Education IL Standards)
Determines the nature and extent of information needed
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Defines and articulates the need for information
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Identifies a variety of types and formats of potential sources for information
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Considers the costs and benefits of acquiring the needed information
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Reevaluates the nature and extent of the information need
Accesses needed information effectively and efficiently
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Selects the most appropriate investigative methods or information retrieval systems for accessing the needed information
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Constructs and implements effectively-designed search strategies
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Retrieves information online or in person using a variety of methods
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Refines the search strategy if necessary
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Extracts, records, and manages the information and its sources
Evaluates information and its sources critically and incorporates selected information into his or her knowledge base and value system
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Summarizes the main ideas to be extracted from the information gathered
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Articulates and applies initial criteria for evaluating both the information and its sources
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Synthesizes main ideas to construct new concepts
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Compares new knowledge with prior knowledge to determine the value added, contradictions, or other unique characteristics of the information
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Determines whether the new knowledge has an impact on the individual?s value system and takes steps to reconcile differences
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Validates understanding and interpretation of the information through discourse with other individuals, subject-area experts, and/or practitioners
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Determines whether the initial query should be revised
Uses information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose
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Applies new and prior information to the planning and creation of a particular product or performance
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Revises the development process for the product or performance
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Communicates the product or performance effectively to others
Understands many of the economic, legal and social issues surrounding the use of information and accesses and uses information ethically and legally
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Understands many of the ethical, legal and socio-economic issues surrounding information and information technology
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Follows laws, regulations, institutional policies, and etiquette related to the access and use of information resources
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Acknowledges the use of information sources in communicating the product or performance
National Information Literacy Standards (K-12)
Accesses information efficiently and effectively.
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Recognizes the need for information.
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Recognizes that accurate and comprehensive information is the basis for intelligent decision making.
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Formulates questions based on information needs.
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Identifies a variety of potential sources of information.
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Develops and uses successful strategies for locating information.
Evaluates information critically and competently.
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Determines accuracy, relevance and comprehensiveness.
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Identifies inaccurate and misleading information.
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Selects information appropriate to the problem or question at hand.
Uses information accurately and creatively
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Organizes information for practical application.
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Integrates new information into one's own knowledge.
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Applies information in critical thinking and problem solving.
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Produces and communicates information and ideas in appropriate formats
Pursues information related to personal interests.
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Designs, develops, and evaluates information products and solutions related to personal interests.
Appreciates literature and other creative expressions of information.
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Is a competent and self-motivated reader.
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Derives meaning from information presented creatively in a variety of formats.
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Develops creative products in a variety of formats.
Strives for excellence in information seeking and knowledge generation.
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Assesses the quality of the process and products of personal information seeking.
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Devises strategies for revising, improving, and updating self-generated knowledge.
Recognizes the importance of information to a democratic society.
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Seeks information from diverse sources, contexts, disciplines, and cultures
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Respects the principle of equitable access to information.
Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
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Respects the principles of intellectual freedom.
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Respects intellectual property rights.
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Uses information technology responsibly.
Participates effectively in groups to pursue and generate information.
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Shares knowledge and information with others.
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Respects others' ideas and backgrounds and acknowledges their contributions.
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Collaborates with others, both in person and through technologies, to identify information problems and to seek their solutions.
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Collaborates with others, both in person and through technologies, to design, develop, and evaluate information products and solutions.
Information Skills and Subskills (K-16)
Definition
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Identifies requirements of research task
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Determines amount/type of information needed to complete research task
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Considers potential topics
Selection
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Narrows topic to be explored
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Specifies subtopics or related keywords
Planning
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Formulates a search strategy
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Identifies potential information sources
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Creates a general framework for organizing information found
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Identifies potential formats for presenting results
Exploration
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Uses indexes and search engines
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Locates and accesses information resources
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Explores range of information resources
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Rethinks research topic
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Finalizes formulation of research topic
Collection
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Selects most appropriate information sources
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Skims/scans information sources
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Locates relevant information within selected sources
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Identifies and extracts relevant information from selected sources
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Uses highlighting and/or notetaking skills
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Evaluates quality of information and information source
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Recognizes when sufficient information has been obtained
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Stores information for potential future use
Organization
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Analyzes quality of information
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Filters out irrelevant information
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Summarizes/synthesizes/classifies final information
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Sequences final information
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Organizes final information for presentation
Presentation
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Selects most appropriate format for communicating results
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Assembles organized information for presentation
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Reviews presentation for grammatical, spelling, and other errors
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Cites sources appropriately
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Presents results
Evaluation
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Evaluates end product
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Assesses the efficiency of the research process
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Determines ways to improve future research process and results
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Determines future usefulness/applicability of research process
- Subject: K-12: Foreign Language
National Content Standards (K-12)
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Understands and interprets written and spoken language on diverse topics from diverse media
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Presents information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics
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Understands traditional ideas and perspectives, institutions, professions, literary and artistic expressions, and other components of the target culture
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Understands that different languages use different patterns to communicate and applies this knowledge to the target and native languages
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Uses the target language to engage in conversations, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions and information
