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Information Literacy in the Disciplines

This guide contains links and citations to information literacy standards and curricula developed by accrediting agencies, professional associations, and institutions of higher education

Information Literacy in the Disciplines: Rhetoric and Composition Studies

The ACRL Information Literacy in the Disciplines Committee has gathered links and citations to information literacy standards and curricula developed by accrediting agencies, professional associations, and institutions of higher education in Rhetoric and Composition Studies.

Standards or Guidelines from Accrediting Agencies and Professional Associations

ALA/ACRL/Literatures in English Section. Research Competency Guidelines for Literatures in English. Literatures in English Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.

National Council for Teachers of English. 2015. “Principles 5, 7, 8, 9, & 10.” Principles for the Postsecondary Teaching of Writing. National Council for Teachers of English.

National Council for Teachers of English and the International Reading Association. 2012. “Standards 7 & 8.” Standards for the English Language Arts. National Council for Teachers of English.

Council of Writing Program Administrators. “Critical Thinking, Reading, and Composing.” WPA Outcomes Statement for First-Year Composition. Council of Writing Program Administrators.

Council of Writing Program Administrators, National Council of Teachers of English, and National Writing Project. “Developing Critical Thinking Through Writing, Reading, and Research.” Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing. Council of Writing Program Administrators.

Related Research

Baer, Andrea. 2016. Information Literacy and Writing Studies in Conversation: Reenvisioning Library-Writing Program Connections. Library Juice Press. 

Burgoyne, Mary Beth and Kim Chuppa-Cornell. 2015. “Beyond Embedded: Creating an Online-Learning Community Integrating Information Literacy and Composition Courses.” Journal of Academic Librarianship 41 (4): 416-421.

Broussard, Mary Snyder. 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.

Chisholm, Alexandria, and Brett Spencer. 2019.“Through the Looking Glass: Viewing First-Year Composition Through the Lens of Information Literacy.” Communications in information literacy 13, no. 1: 43–60.

Fielding, Jennifer, Julia Hans, Frank Mabee, Kisha Tracy, Annamary Consalvo, and Layne Craig. 2013. “Integrated Information Literacy and Student Outcomes in Foundational First-Year Writing.” Journal of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness 3 (2): 106-139.

Holliday, Wendy and Jim Rogers. 2013.”Talking About Information Literacy: The Mediating Role of Discourse in a College Writing Classroom.” portal: Libraries and the Academy 13 (3): 257-271.

Koelling, Glenn, and Alyssa Russo. 2021. “Teaching Assistants’ Research Assignments and Information Literacy.” Portal (Baltimore, Md.) 21, no. 4: 773–795.

McClure, Randall, ed. 2016. Rewired : Research-Writing Partnerships within the Frameworks. Edited by Randall McClure.  Association of College and Research Libraries.

McClure, Randall, and James P. Purdy, eds. 2016. The Future Scholar : Researching and Teaching the Frameworks for Writing and Information Literacy.  American Society for Information Science and Technology.

Palsson, Felicia and Carrie L. McDade. 2014. “Factors Affecting the Successful Implementation of a Common Assignment for First-Year Composition Information Literacy.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 21 (2): 193-209.

Rinto, Erin E. and Elisa I. Cogbill-Seiders. 2015. “Library Instruction and Themed Composition Courses: An Investigation of Factors that Impact Student Learning.” Journal of Academic Librarianship 41 (2): 14-20.

Sabatino, Lindsay. 2014. “Improving Writing Literacies through Digital Gaming Literacies: Facebook Gaming in the Composition Classroom.” Computers and Composition 32: 41-53.

Stellwagen, Qing H., Kathy L. Rowley, and Justin Otto. 2022. “Flip This Class: Maximizing Student Learning in Information Literacy Skills in the Composition Classroom through Instructor and Librarian Collaboration.” Journal of Library Administration 62, no. 6: 731–752.

Veach, Grace. 2018. Teaching Information Literacy and Writing Studies, Vol. 1: First-Year Composition Courses. Purdue Univ. Press.

Veach, Grace. 2019. Teaching Information Literacy and Writing Studies, Vol. 2: Upper Level and Graduate Courses. Purdue Univ. Press.

Watson, Shevaun, Cathy Rex, Jill Markgraf, Hans Kishel, Eric Jennings, and Kate Hinnant. 2013. “Revising the “One-Shot” through Lesson Study: Collaborating with Writing Faculty to Rebuild a Library Instruction Session.” College & Research Libraries 74 (4): 381-398.

Wishkoski, Rachel, Katie Strand, Alex Sundt, Deanna Allred, and Diana J Meter. 2021. “Case Studies in the Classroom: Assessing a Pilot Information Literacy Curriculum for English Composition.” Reference Services Review 49, no. 2: 176–193.

White-Farnham, Jamie, and Carolyn Caffrey Gardner. 2014. “Crowdsourcing the Curriculum: Information Literacy Instruction in First-Year Writing.” Reference services review 42, no. 2: 277–292. 

Zahua, Janelle. 2014. “Peering Into the Writing Center: Information Literacy as a Collaborative Conversation.” Communications In Information Literacy 8 (1):1.

Zoetewey, Meredith W. and Julie Staggers. 2003. “Beyond ‘Current-Traditional’ Design: Assessing Rhetoric in New Media.” Issues in Writing 13 (2): 133-57.