Oversees the development and review of discipline-specific information literacy documents, including frameworks and standards. Provides guidance for groups developing discipline-specific IL documents, reviews drafts, and updates documentation related to the process. This committee, in conjunction with the Standards Committee, is responsible for the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education document.
Guiding the ACRL Section committees writing Companion documents. Reviewing discipline-specific companions to the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy prepared by ACRL sections.
The companions may arrive at any point in the year, although summers are generally the slowest time.
4 hours per month maximum
The main work of the committee is reviewing documents, so any skills in reviewing and editing are valuable. The committee also provides guidance for ACRL sections writing companions, so some basic organizational skills are necessary.
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