The Framework for Information Literacy in Sociology - 07-01-2021 For ILFSC

On the personal level, students can use this set of integrated abilities–searching, evaluating, synthesizing information and scholarship, and considering the role of the social world in the production of knowledge–in their learning, research, and employment regardless of their field. [...] Development of the Document In 2016, following the adoption of the ACRL Framework, the ACRL Anthropology and Sociology Section’s Instruction and Information Literacy Committee (ANSS-IIL) was tasked with developing a companion document reflecting the concerns and needs of those teaching information literacy within its respective disciplines. [...] Over the course of the 2017-2018 academic year, the subgroups looked to the compiled readings to guide the development of their draft documents. [...] The subgroup used a table to visually represent the crosswalk between the two literacies and to handle the extensive scope of the document. [...] It is important to note that the definition of sociological information literacy provided in the previous section has framed the development of the document, which therefore reflects the importance of applying the sociological 3 .