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Reorienting An Information Literacy Program Toward Social Justice: Mapping The Core Values Of Librarianship To The Acrl Framework, Shana Higgins, Lua Gregory Jan 2017

Reorienting An Information Literacy Program Toward Social Justice: Mapping The Core Values Of Librarianship To The Acrl Framework, Shana Higgins, Lua Gregory

Library Faculty Publications & Presentations

Since the publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries' (ACRL) Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education librarians have grappled with the purposes, impact, and meaning of this teaching document for their daily instructional practice, for curriculum development, and for institutional and programmatic assessment goals. A strength of the Framework is its emphasis on context, an emphasis aligned with the goals of critical pedagogy and one that acknowledges investment in specific community needs. This article reflects on an attempt to contextualize the Framework for an information literacy program concerned with social justice and student agency by connecting it …


Critical Pedagogy And Social Justice, Gina Schlesselman-Tarango Apr 2016

Critical Pedagogy And Social Justice, Gina Schlesselman-Tarango

Library Faculty Publications & Presentations

Presentation given as part of the Southern California Instruction Librarians (SCIL) interest group panel "How do we advocate for underrepresented students?: A panel on how critical pedagogy and social justice value the student experience."