Perspectives on the ACRL Framework, Comparing Standards, and Creating Learning Activities for Information Literacy: Creating and Modifying Lesson Plans with the Framework

Research as a Biergarten: Discussion/Presentation

• Walls of scholarly conferences and publications in journals - academic library website as gate
• Determine who "major players" in the conversation are - citations
• Stammtisch groups of reliable customers with special commemmoration - highly influential, highly cited authors
• Smaller Biergartens specializing in single brand - scholarly associations/databases centered on specific subject areas

Works Cited Project (standard assignment with additional reflection)

• Annotated bibliography
  • student write/discuss how they will use the sources
  • additional inclusion of several sources they would not use and why
• Reflection Exercise
  • write/discuss types of sources deemed trustworthy on a topic

Creating, Narrowing, and Exploring Research Questions

• Flipped content
  • students read background material on broad topic
• Discussion of "good" vs "bad" research questions
• Brainstorming
  • ways the broad topic can be narrowed down
  • who, what, when, where, why, how
• Partnered creation of research questions
  • Class feedback
  • Choose one research question for class to explore

Examining a Single Author

• Groups (3-4) work examining multiple sources from a single author (ex: Oliver Sacks - article from neurology journal vs. a copy of his book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat)
  • Explore items and discuss audience as a group - identify differences, citations or lack thereof, pictures, tone, language, jargon
• Class discussion of findings, then either class or partnered discussion of potential audience for student work - why thier own research would be useful to their audiences