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Authority is constructed and created...but not by you

Adkins, Denice; Bossaller, Jenny; Hill, Heather

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Title
Authority is constructed and created...but not by you
Author(s)
  • Adkins, Denice
  • Bossaller, Jenny
  • Hill, Heather
Issue Date
2022-10
Keyword(s)
  • Information literacy instruction
  • Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL) frames
  • Authority
  • Library and information science (LIS) education
  • Information literacy
  • Academic libraries
  • Critical librarianship
  • Information use
Abstract
This paper engages in a critical review of information literacy practices as manifest through materials shared publicly on the ACRL Sandbox. Focusing primarily on the frames "Authority is Contested and Constructed," and "Scholarship as Conversation," we analyze lesson plans shared on the ACRL Sandbox that address those frames, including the positionality of the students for whom the lessons were created. Preliminary analysis finds that most of the lessons shared position students exclusively as information consumers, learning how to find and evaluate existing published research, rather than emphasizing their potential roles as producers. This perspective fails to capitalize on students as creators (e.g., from formal undergraduate research to social media). We conclude by presenting some ways in which information literacy instruction can be adjusted to prepare future librarians to recognize and respect students' existing knowledge and build upon that knowledge.
Series/Report Name or Number
Proceedings of the ALISE Annual Conference, 2022
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Conference Paper / Presentation
Language
eng
Handle URL
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/117980
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2022.1099
Copyright and License Information
  • Copyright 2022 Denice Adkins, Jenny Bossaller, Heather Hill
  • This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

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Proceedings of the ALISE Annual Conference: ALISE 2022 PRIMARY
Go Back and Get It: From One Narrative to Many