The integration of ACU Graduate Attributes in learning outcomes and assessment tasks across all programs is a targeted area of the ACU Learning and Teaching Plan. The Library supports academic staff and students in the attainment of these attributes, particularly in relation to information literacy development.

An information literate person is someone who is able to:

• recognise a need for information
• determine the extent of the information needed
• access information efficiently
• critically evaluate information and its sources
• classify, store, manipulate and redraft information collected or generated
• incorporate selected information into their knowledge base
• use information effectively to learn, create new knowledge, solve problems and make decisions
• understand economic, legal, social, political and cultural issues in the use of information
• access and use information ethically and legally
• use information and knowledge for participative citizenship and social responsibility
• experience information literacy as part of independent learning and lifelong learning.

The Library actively promotes information literacy by:

• endorsing the Australian and New Zealand information literacy framework: Principles, standards and practice 2nd edition, and using it as a guide for information literacy activities and documentation
• ensuring that opportunities to acquire information literacy skills are available to ACU students, across all years, at point of need, regardless of their location or mode of study
• collaborating with academic staff to incorporate information literacy into the curriculum
• aligning information literacy skills with ACUs Graduate Attributes - see Library Graduate Attribute Toolkit
• identifying desired information literacy skills for students at different levels
• providing multi-modal support to individuals and groups of students
• promoting access to scholarly information and encouraging the critical evaluation of all information
• collaborating across campus libraries to share strategies and develop information literacy programs
• providing opportunities for library staff to participate in professional development activities to ensure they are aware of current trends.
  
  

Bundy, A. (Ed.). (2004). Australian and New Zealand information literacy framework: Principles, standards and practice (2nd ed.). Adelaide: Australian and New Zealand Institute of Information Literacy.

Document information

• Applies to: All Staff and Students
• Owner: Director, Libraries