The ACRL Board of Directors approved a new Companion Document to the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (PDF) at its August 1, 2022, virtual meeting. Developed by the Science and Technology Section (STS) IL Framework Task Force, the Framework Companion Document can be readily used by STEM educators to conceptualize information literacy in the disciplines, and by librarians and others to understand how information literacy might look in STEM fields. These groups will be able to use the framework to tie information literacy into the context of their institution’s mission, to help guide their information literacy-related instruction, to be incorporated in curricula, syllabi, and assignments, and to assess student progress at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels.
The Companion Document to the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (PDF) is freely available in the Standards, Guidelines, and Frameworks section of the ACRL website.