Drew University Library Faculty
Drew University Library Instructional Objectives 2002
The following objectives are based on the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (www.ala.org/acrl/ilcomstan.html), 2000, and on the subsequent work of the ACRL Instruction Section, updating their 1987 model statement, published in 2001 as Education and on Objectives for Information Literacy Instruction: A Model Statement for Academic Librarians (www.ala.org/acrl/guides/objinfolit.html). Both documents should serve as additional resources, with the Model Statement fleshing out the specific objectives outlined below. Using the journey metaphor implies the presence of alternative routes to information. Just as the understanding of physical locations will be different if the traveler is following descriptive directions or using a map, so too will the understanding of a field be different if a student asks for specific recommendations from an authority, or conducts an independent search, using retrieval tools. There are clearly times when one route or the other is preferable, but students will be better equipped to handle future inquiries if they are competent in both.
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