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Guidelines, Standards, and Frameworks

Guidelines, Standards, and Frameworks

 

ACRL Standards, Guidelines, and Frameworks help libraries, academic institutions, and accrediting agencies understand the components of an excellent library.

Recent Submissions

  • Association of College & Research Libraries (2019-11)
  • Unknown author (2021-07)
  • Crosser, Cynthia; Goebel, Nancy; Day, Evelyn; Neff, Paul (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2010-06)
  • Caravello, Patti S.; Kuchi, Triveni; Macicak, Susan (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2008-01-15)
  • Information Literacy Standards for Nursing Task Force (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2013-10)
    The Information Literacy Competency Standards for Nursing were completed and submitted to ACRL by the Health Sciences Interest Group - Information Literacy Standards for Nursing Task force in the spring of 2013. Preparation ...
  • Forys, Marsha; Rasmus, Francesca Lane; List, Carla; Pask, Judith; Ragains, Patrick; Reinhold, Nancy; Satterwhite, Robin R.; Taylor, Terry S.; Warmkessel, Marjorie M.; Grassian, Esther (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2001-01)
    The following Objectives for Information Literacy Instruction: A Model Statement for Academic Librarians updates and replaces the older Model Statement. The Objectives will herein be referred to as the IS Objectives for ...
  • Status of Academic Librarians Standards and Guidelines Review Task Force; ACRL Committee on the Status of Academic Librarians (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2021-04)
    In order to formally recognize the importance of faculty status for academic librarians and their contributions, ACRL endorses these standards. Institutions of higher education and their governing bodies are urged to adopt ...
  • Hattwig, Denise; Burgess, Joanna; Bussert, Kaila; Medaille, Ann (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2011-10)
    The importance of images and visual media in contemporary culture is changing what it means to be literate in the 21st century. Today's society is highly visual, and visual imagery is no longer supplemental to other forms ...
  • Dupont, Christian; Schindler, Amy; Fitzgerald, Moira; Flynn, Thomas; Hardman, Emilie; Lacher-Feldman, Jessica; McClurkin, Brenda; Polirer, Sarah; Swift, Gabriel; Tabb, Bruce; Yakel, Elizabeth (2017)
  • Gustainis, Emily R. Novak; Cuervo, Adriana; Fritz, Angela; Miller, Lisa; Shein, Cyndi; Conway, Martha O'Hara; Bregman, Alvan; D'Agostino, Rachel; Friedman-Shedlov, Lara; Hawley, Elizabeth Haven; Rawdon, Katy (2019)
    The guidelines embodied in this document were developed to help archival repositories and special collections libraries quantify and communicate information about holdings.
  • Unknown author (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2020-06-19)
  • Amsberry, Dawn; Benjes-Small, Candice; Harrington, Sara; Miller, Sara; Mlinar, Courtney; Wilkinson, Carroll Wetzel (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2017-04-28)
    In 2014, the Standards for Proficiencies for Instruction Librarians and Coordinators Revision Task Force was charged “to update and revise the Standards for Proficiencies for Instruction Librarians and Coordinators ...
  • Bahde, Anne; Grob, Julie; Horowitz, Sarah; Richardson, Leah; Smedberg, Heather; Swan, Morgan; Crisp, Samantha; Daines, Gordon; Katz, Robin; Landis, Bill; Morris, Sammie; Sjoberg, Lisa (2018)
    Primary sources provide compelling, direct evidence of human activity. Users who encounter primary sources gain a unique perspective on the subject they are studying, and an opportunity to learn firsthand how primary sources ...
  • Falcone, Andrea M.; Maciejewski, Felice; Ashby, Hayley; Calia-Lotz, Gina Marie; Dion, Danielle; Elliott, Tracy Ann; Fogarty, Ellie A.; Fritts, Jack Jr.; Garrison, Julie Ann; Huisman, Rhonda Kay; Jadlos, Melissa E.; Taylor, Laura R.; Tipton, Jocelyn T.; Gelfand, Julia; Jacobsma, Kelly Gordon; Malenfant, Kara J. (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2018-02-12)
    The Standards for Libraries in Higher Education are designed to guide academic libraries in advancing and sustaining their role as partners in educating students, achieving their institutions’ missions, and positioning ...
  • EBSS Instruction for Educators Committee (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2011-05-11)
    The quickly changing information and technology landscape requires increasingly sophisticated information literacy skills for the navigation, evaluation, and use of information (Jenkins, 2006). Teachers play a key role in ...
  • Murphey, Missy; Adams, Kate E.; Cooper, Natasha; Hornby, Amanda; Michael, Cathy; Senior, Heidi; Guthrie, Jessica; Threatt, Monique; Gola, Christina; Dabbour, Kathy; Hofschire, Linda; Rowland, Danielle; Garczynksi, Joyce; Borgerding, Jodie; Petr, Julie Ann (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2011-10)
    Beginning in 2006, the Communication Studies Committee (Association of College & Research Libraries, Education & Behavioral Sciences Section) collaborated with a variety of organizations to develop information literacy ...
  • Borchardt, Rachel; Beamer, Jennifer; Bivens-Tatum, Wayne; Boruff-Jones, Polly; Roemer, Robin Chin; Chodock, Ted; DeGroote, Sandra; Hodges, Alex; Kelsey, Sigrid; Linke, Erika; Matthews, Jennifer (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2020-11-16)
    The ACRL Impactful Scholarship and Metrics Task Force was formed primarily to create a framework for the measurement and evaluation of academic librarian scholarship. The framework is designed to address gaps between ...
  • Adamo, Julie M.; Ahnberg, Katherine Emily; Baillargeon, Tara; Blunk, Becky W.; Couture, Juliann; Elder, Jennifer J.; Farmer, Lesley; Gammons, Rachel Wilder; Gomez, Ali; Hallerduff, Martinique; Labadorf, Kathleen; Ladenson, Sharon; Leibiger, Carol A.; Maddock, Amanda; Nataraj, Lalitha; Pinto, Caro; Saines, Sherri B.; Seale, Maura; Shanley, Caitlin; Smith, Sarah I.; Twomey, Beth; Willenborg, Amber; Wood, Susan (2021-06-24)
    In 2015, the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) completed the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Recognizing that diverse academic disciplines engage with information differently, ...
  • Feng, Yali; Castello, Olivia Given; Graves, Carin; Johnson, Sarah; Maher, Stephen; Barry, Maureen; Marsalis, Scott (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2021-06-24)
    In 2018 the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Educational and Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS) Social Work Committee was charged with developing a companion document to the ACRL Framework for Information ...

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