Faculty Resources & Services: Information Literacy

Information literacy enables someone to seek and use information effectively to answer a question or solve a problem. It’s applicable to every degree and certificate at MCC, and it is a core learning outcome here.

In 2015, The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) released the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education to replace the information literacy standards published by the same organization in 2000.

Core concepts of the Information Literacy Framework

Source: Volunteer State Community College http://libguides.volstate.edu/instruction/infolit

See more information about the ACRL Framework on their website.

Both faculty and librarians provide information literacy instruction starting with MCC Essentials and continuing through the academic programs with integrated instruction as well as librarians visiting classes to offer instruction tailored to a research assignment. 

Please contact the library if you are interested in working with a librarian to create information literacy instruction for your course. We can come to your classroom or you can arrange to bring your class to the Library Instruction Lab (if available). We can also test an assignment to help you anticipate questions or challenges students may have when researching. 

See the Getting Started with Research guide that we developed.

Manchester Community College is part of the PIL volunteer sample, although to date (2017), we have not been included in any of the PIL studies.