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In addition to those presentations grouped under the Framework in the above six frames, there have been several presentations given at the CARLI Instruction Showcases that did not necessarily relate to the Knowledge Practices of a specific Frame. These presentations featured tools for instruction, assessment, and/or outreach techniques.

Remember the Research Consultation? Engaging the Framework in Thesis and Capstone Level Courses- Molly Beestrum, Columbia College, 2018

Reviewing Search Strategies in Education- Terry Huttenlock, Wheaton College, 2016

Self-Assessment of Library Instruction: ACRL Standards for Proficiencies for Instruction Librarians and Coordinators, Susan Avery, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2014

Oh Rats!- Mahrya Carncross, Western Illinois University, 2013

Just Get Started With Assessment- Meg Frazier & Megan Jaskowiak, Bradley University, 2014

Using Google Spreadsheets for Real-Time Assessment- Michelle Guittar, Northeastern Illinois University, 2013

A New Approach to the Library Instruction Session: Embedding Information Literacy Skills within an Academic Curriculum, Chelsea Van Riper, Principia College, 2014

Defining the Framework

• acrlframe@lists.ala.org: Join the discussion about the Frameworks, moderated by Sharon Mader. https://lists.ala.org/sympa/info/acrlframe
• Association of College and Research Libraries. (2015, February 2). Framework for information literacy for higher education. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework
• Morgan, P.K.  (2015, Winter).  Pausing at the Threshold. Faculty Publications. Paper 1258 http://digitalcommons.hope.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2306&context=faculty_publications

Definitions & Discussions on Threshold Concepts

Please Note- Links to the I-Share Online catalog are currently set for Northern Illinois University; if you are at an I-Share library please search for the title in your library's own catalog to be able to request a copy.

• D'Angelo, B. J., Jamieson, S., Maid, B. M., & Walker, J. R. (2017). Information literacy: Research and collaboration across disciplines. The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado. https://doi.org/10.37514/PER-B.2016.0834
• Godbey, S., Wainscott, S., & Goodman, X. (2017). Disciplinary applications of information literacy threshold concepts. Association of College and Research Libraries. https://i-share-niu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NIU/vdo5v1/alma991095348389705816
• Hofer, A. R., Hanick, S. L., Townsend, A. (2019). Transforming Information Literacy Instruction: Threshold concepts in theory. Libraries Unlimited. https://i-share-niu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NIU/vdo5v1/alma991049706949705816
• Hosier, A. (2017). Creating learning outcomes from threshold concepts for information literacy instruction. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 24(1), 1-13,  https://doi.org/10.1080/10691316.2017.1246396
• Nicola-Richmond, K., Pépin, G., Larkin, H., & Taylor, C. (2018). Threshold concepts in higher education: a synthesis of the literature relating to measurement of threshold crossing. Higher Education Research & Development, 37(1), 101-114, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2017.1339181
• Meyer, J. & Land, R. (2003). Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge: Linkages to Ways of Thinking and Practising within the Disciplines. Edinburgh: School of Education, University of Edinburgh. http://www.etl.tla.ed.ac.uk/docs/ETLreport4.pdf
• Morgan, P.K.  (2015, Winter).  Pausing at the Threshold. Faculty Publications.  Paper 1258 http://digitalcommons.hope.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2306&context=faculty_publications
• Townsend, L., Hofer, A. R., Lin Hanick, S., and Brunetti, K. (2016) Identifying threshold concepts for information literacy: A Delphi study. Communications in Information Literacy, 10(1), 23-49. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1103398.pdf

Critique/Discussion of the Framework

• Beilen, I. (2015, February 25). Beyond the threshold: Conformity, resistance, and the ACRL Information Literacy Framework for Higher Education. In the Library with the Lead Pipe. Retrieved from http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2015/beyond-the-threshold-conformity-resistance-and-the-aclr-information-literacy-framework-for-higher-education/
• Drabinski, E. (2016, September). Turning inward: Reading the framework through the six frames. College & Research Libraries News, 77(8), 382-384. https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/9537/10862
• Farkas, M. (2016, October 18). Is the framework elitist? Is ACRL? Information Wants to be Free. Retrieved from http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2016/10/18/is-the-framework-elitist-is-acrl/
• Fulkerson, D. M., Ariew, S. A., & Jacobson, T. E. (2017). Revisiting Metacognition and Metaliteracy in the ACRL Framework. Communications in Information Literacy, 11(1), 21-41. https://doi.org/10.15760/comminfolit.2017.11.1.45
• Hsieh, M.L., Dawson, P.H., & Yang, S.Q. (2021) The ACRL Framework successes and challenges since 2016: A survey. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 47(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2020.102306
• Juskiewicz, S., & Cote, C.  (2015, February 17). Teaching Information Literacy to Undergraduate Students: Reflecting on the Past, Present and Future of Library Instruction.  Pacific Northwest Library Association Quarterly, 79(1). Retrieved from http://digitalcommons.mtech.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=library_scholarship
• Latham, D., Gross, M., & Julien, H. (2019). Implementing the ACRL Framework: Reflections from the Field. College & Research Libraries, 80(3), 386. doi: https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.80.3.386

Incorporating into our teaching: Assessment/Learning Objectives/Case Studies

• Alwan, A. (2015, January 22). Threshold concepts & assessment. Retrieved from https://dspace.aus.edu/xmlui/handle/11073/7680
• Bauder, J. & Rod, C. (2016). Crossing thresholds: Critical information literacy pedagogy and the ACRL framework. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 23(3). 252-264.
• Hofer, A. R., Lu, S., and Townsend, L. (2015, April 10).  What’s the big idea?! Incorporating Threshold Concepts into Your Teaching Practice.  Keynote Address, 14th Annual Information Literacy Summit.
  • Watch the presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSahSjLBf-w&feature=youtu.be
• Hovious, A. (2015, January 22). Part 2: ACRL Alignments – Current and Proposed.  Designer Librarian: a blog about instructional design and technology in libraries. Retrieved from https://designerlibrarian.wordpress.com/2015/01/22/part-2-acrl-alignments-current-and-proposed/
• Gammons, R. W., & Inge, L. T. (2017). Using the ACRL Framework to develop a student-centered model for program-level assessment. Communications in Information Literacy, 11(1), 168–184. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1148868
• Lundstrom, K., Fagerheim, B. A., & Benson, E. (2014). Librarians and instructors developing student learning outcomes: Using frameworks to lead the process. Reference Services Review, 42(3). doi:10.1108/RSR-04-2014-0007
• Oakleaf, M. (2014). A Roadmap for Assessing Student Learning Using the New Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Retrieved from http://meganoakleaf.info/framework.pdf
• Private Academic Library Network in Indiana (PALNI). Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (LibGuide). Includes links to webinars and videos including presentation at the 2015 IL Summit by Hofer, Lu, and Townsend. Retrieved from http://libguides.palni.edu/ilframework

Bibliographies & LibGuides Providing More Sources

• American Library Association. (2015, May 28). Annotated Bibliography of Threshold Concepts. http://www.ala.org/acrl/issues/infolit/teaching/thresholdbib
• Association of College & Research Libraries. (2015, February 2). Appendix 3: Sources for Further Reading, Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframeworkapps#appendix3
• Association of College & Research Libraries. (updated 2021, March 26). Student Learning and Information Literacy LibGuide. Retrieved from https://acrl.libguides.com/c.php?g=495186&p=6652312
• University College London. Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.  Threshold Concepts: Undergraduate Teaching, Postgraduate Training, and Professional Development; A Short Introduction and Bibliography from 2003 to 2018. Retrieved from http://www.ee.ucl.ac.uk/~mflanaga/thresholds.html

Instruction Activities—Selected Titles

Please Note- Links to the I-Share Online catalog are currently set for Northern Illinois University; if you are at an I-Share library please search for the title in your library's own catalog to be able to request a copy.

• Association of College & Research Libraries.  (n.d.)  ACRL Framework for information literacy sandbox: A platform and repository for sharing Framework materials.  Retrieved from http://sandbox.acrl.org/
• Bravender, P., McClure, H., & Schaub, G. (Eds.). (2015). Teaching information literacy threshold concepts: Lesson plans for librarians. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries. https://i-share-niu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NIU/1pr33s7/alma9926991899605871
• Broussard, M. (2017). Reading, research, and writing : teaching information literacy with process-based research assignments. Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. https://i-share-niu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NIU/1pr33s7/alma9929788545405871
• Buchanan, H. & McDonough, B.A. (2017). The one-shot library instruction survival guide. Chicago, IL: American Library Association. https://i-share-niu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NIU/vdmdhd/alma9927753709605871
• Burkhardt, J. (2016). Teaching information literacy reframed: 50+ framework-based exercises for creating information-literate learners. Chicago, IL: American Library Association. https://i-share-niu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NIU/1pr33s7/alma9927575419605871
• Instruction Section, Association of College & Research Libraries. n.d. PRIMO: Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online Database. Retrieved from http://primodb.org/
• Julien, H., Gross, M., Latham, D., & Baer, A. (2020). The information literacy framework: case studies of successful implementation. Rowman & Littlefield. https://i-share-niu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NIU/vdo5v1/alma991154550537405816
• McClure, R. (Ed.). (2016). Rewired : Research-writing partnerships within the frameworks. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries. https://i-share-niu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NIU/vdo5v1/alma991016577839705816
•  Oberlies, M., & Mattson, J. (2018). Framing information literacy: teaching grounded in theory, pedagogy, and practice. Association of College and Research Libraries. https://i-share-niu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NIU/vdo5v1/alma991087509549705816
• Pagowsky, N. & McElroy, K. (2016). Critical library pedagogy handbook. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries. https://i-share-niu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NIU/vdo5v1/alma9927753789605871

Instruction Activities—Library of Congress Subject Headings

• Subject Heading: Information literacy—Study and teaching
• Subject Heading: Information literacy—Study and teaching (Higher)
• Subject Heading: Library orientation
• Subject Heading: Library orientation for college students
• Subject Heading: Library orientation for college students—Study and teaching
• Subject Heading: Library orientation for college students—United States
• Subject Heading: Academic libraries--Relations with faculty and curriculum