Information literacy accreditation mandates: what they mean for faculty and librarians. From: Library Trends | Date: September 22, 2002| Author: Thompson, Gary B. | COPYRIGHT 2002 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

REGIONAL ACCREDITATION AGENCIES have established mandates for higher education institutions to implement information literacy programs and to assess the resultant learning outcomes. This mandate calls for a shift in the established library instruction paradigm at many institutions. Responsibility shifts from librarians teaching students how to locate materials for particular assignments, to faculty and librarians working together to embed the teaching and learning of information literacy sk...

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