Information Literacy in the Disciplines

The ACRL IS 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 Physics.

Last updated April 2018.

• The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). Accessed April 2018.
• ALA/ACRL/STS Task Force on Information Literacy for Science and Technology. Information Literacy Standards for Science and Technology. American Library Association. 2006. Accessed April 2018. [link broken: see STS Information Literacy Framework Task Force site, accessed February 14, 2022]
• American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT). Accessed April 2018.
• American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). Accessed April 2018.
• American Institute of Physics (AIP). Accessed April 2018.
• American Physical Society (APS). Accessed April 2018.
• Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP). Accessed April 2018.
• Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics (CAMPEP). Accessed April 2018.
• European Physical Society. Accessed April 2018.
• Institute of Physics (UK). [link broken, updated as of February 14, 2022] 
• International Association of Mathematical Physics (IAMP). Accessed April 2018.

Aydelott, Kathrine. 2007. “Using the ACRL information literacy competency standards for science and engineering/technology to develop a modular critical-thinking-based information literacy tutorial.” Science & Technology Libraries 27 (4): 19-42.

Gamsby, Meghan K. 2010. “The Physics of Designing an Integrated Physics Information Literacy Program.” Science & Technology Libraries 29 (4): 350-361.

Iber, Mary and Derin Sherman. 2009. “A physics professor and a science librarian challenge non-majors to evaluate science.” Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, 56.

Kolah, Debra, and Michael Fosmire. 2010. “Information Portals: A New Tool for Teaching Information Literacy Skills.” Issues In Science & Technology Librarianship 60.

Popescu, Adriana and James Morgan. 2007. “Teaching information evaluation and critical thinking skills in physics classes.” The Physics Teacher 45 (8): 507-510.

Viele, Patricia T. 2008. “Information fluency and physics graduate students.” Handout from presentation at the American Association of Physics Teachers at the American Physical Society in College Park, MD, January 31-February 2.

Wong, Gabrielle K. W. 2011. “Look Beyond Textbooks: Information Literacy for First-Year Science Students.” Issues In Science & Technology Librarianship 65.