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Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education: Information has Value

Knowledge Practices/Dispositions

Students will exhibit the following attitudes and behaviors:

  • Give credit through proper attribution
  • Understand copyright, fair use, open access, and intellectual property
  • Be informed digital citizens
  • Examine their own information privilege
  • Recognize issues of access to information

Assignment/Measurement Suggestions

  • Bibliographies
  • Evaluation checklist
  • Scholarly article vs website search/report
  • Proper citations and formatting

Alignment with 2000 Standards

Standard Five: The information literate student understands many of the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information and accesses and uses information ethically and legally. 

Information has Value

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