This page provides resources to help faculty teach & assess information literacy skills. Resources may be adapted to suit your teaching needs, online and on-ground. If you don't find what you need here, consult an SCC librarian for more support. We're eager to work with you on integrating IL into the college curriculum.
Does the library actually contribute to student learning and success? YES! 
The Association of College and Research libraries has planned and implemented the largest ever study set under the Assessment in Action project. See a summary of results and details of the various program summaries and reports.
Core studies linking IL and libraries with student achievement: The recent AiA projects and the new Framework for Information Literacy are big, new developments in the field of information literacy and how IL impacts students success. These and other core documents include:
"Information literacy is the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning."
Information literacy forms a basis for lifelong learning. It is common to all disciplines, learning environments, and education levels. It enables learners to master content, extend their investigations, become more self-directed, and to take greater control of their own learning. The five core IL competencies are the ability to:
How do I begin teaching IL?
Use the tabs on this guide to find activities, assessments, and links which you can use to teach the 5 core IL skills.
Contact the SCC library to consult with a librarian on creating custom IL instruction suited to your students' needs.
More about IL: Information Literacy overview for faculty and administrators
ACRL has adopted a new Framework for IL. The following resources support teaching and assessment related to this new paradigm:
To begin: 
Easy
1. Ask students to read and summarize an article from a scholarly journal.
2. Have the students find and submit an article on a topic relevant to the class along with a written summary of the main points.
More Challenging
1. Give the class an editorial or opinion piece and ask them to try to verify the facts.
2. Select a controversial issue, or have students select, and ask students to find information on both sides of the controversy.
3. Ask student to find the original study, or at least the complete reference for the original stud,y mentioned in a popular magazine article or on the news. [Advanced: Have the students compare the popular report of the study to the original research.]
Advanced
1. Ask
students to keep a research journal which includes databases consulted, keywords used, and an analysis of websites examined along their research process.
2. Require students to include an evaluation of the credibility of the information producer (author, organization responsible for a web page, etc.) for any source they use in a paper or assignment.
3. Ask students working on a paper or project to compile an annotated bibliography to include more sources than they actually need for the assignment. Require students to rate the sources and explain why some might not be as useful or credible as others.
4. Ask students to locate and annotate the very best resources on a particular, narrow topic.
5. Researching the research used by Wikipedia authors and articles can be fun (and frustrating). Have students locate and evaluate references or further readings listed at the end of a Wikipedia article. (The instructor may want to choose appropriate and relevant articles.) Try this first yourself to assess how difficult the task will be before you make the assignment.
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