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Communications in Information Literacy
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ISSN 1933-5954 · Communications in Information Literacy · 357 articles in the index
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Critical Information Literacy in Higher Education: An Evolution in Theory, Practice, and Assessment
This article offers a critical synthesis of scholarship on critical information literacy (CIL) in higher education from 2015 to 2026, extending and recalibrating prior longitudinal reviews to account for post-2020 theoretical, political, and technological shifts. Drawing on a corpus of 48…
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"An Open Mind and a Critical Stance": A Content Analysis of Information Literacy Integration into a Course about Poverty and Discrimination
The ACRL Framework argues that infusing curriculum with information literacy concepts can improve students’ attitudes and abilities to navigate complex information landscapes. This paper describes how a librarian and a faculty member integrated an information literacy curriculum into an…
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Information Literacy Tutorials for High Enrollment Courses: An Iterative Design-Based Approach
The purpose of this paper is to provide academic librarians practical guidance on how to provide information literacy support to high enrollment, general education courses. It includes a detailed description and analysis of our approach and findings throughout the project, as well as reflections…
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Exploring Information Literacy Skills, Attitudes, and Barriers Among Medical and Nursing Students in Bahrain: A Mixed-Methods Perspective
Information literacy is essential for evidence-based medical education, yet Gulf-region studies rarely examine student competencies and barriers. This study examines the information literacy skills, attitudes, and challenges faced by medical and nursing students at RCSI Bahrain. A mixed-methods…
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Application of Information Literacy Skills to Everyday Life Information Seeking in College Students: Implications for Instruction
Academic librarians who teach information literacy (IL) skills hope students will transfer those skills to their information seeking in everyday life. However, there is little evidence that students are transferring what they learn about research to their lives outside college. This study aims to…
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Assessment of Information Literacy Instruction in Reference: Applying VanScoy’s Conceptual and Procedural Framework in Practice
The instructional aspect of reference work has long been acknowledged, especially in academic libraries. The current RUSA guidelines include helping users develop information literacy as a goal of reference. In this context, investigating the presence and nature of information literacy instruction…
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Research Matters: Problem-Setting: A Research Reflection Process
In this inaugural “Research Matters” column, Merinda Kaye Hensley introduces problem-setting as an intentional research reflection process inspired by instructional design. This three-pronged approach invites librarians to examine their research agendas by surfacing prior knowledge, identifying…
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The Spectrum of Authority: A New Approach to Teaching AI and Primary Source Literacies
This article presents an information literacy workshop designed for undergraduate history courses that introduces students to generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) while strengthening primary source literacy. Anchored in the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Framework for…
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Review of Instructional Design for Teaching Information Literacy Online: A Student-Centered Approach, by J. Mattson, D. Lemmons, V. Linsinbigler, and C. Lowder
Review of Mattson, J., Lemmons, D., Linsinbigler, V., & Lowder, C. (2025). Instructional design for teaching information literacy online: A student-centered approach. Association of College and Research Libraries.
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The More Things Change...Reaffirming Our Commitment to CIL’s Core Values
The new co-editors of Communications in Information Literacy reaffirm their commitment to the journal's values.
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Searching for Change: Exploring Historical Silences and Counterstorytelling Through Youth-Led Social Justice Movements
During a first-year engagement program, a librarian and a cohort of students worked towards a shared understanding of dominant narratives, historical silences, and creating counterstories through research to center marginalized stories and complicate existing narratives. As information literacy…
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Information Literacy in the Artificial Intelligence Era: A Proposed Framework
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems and applications have become ubiquitous across daily life. While AI offers numerous positive opportunities, it also presents numerous challenges. Information literacy (IL) advocates are concerned about the risks that accompany AI systems. Given the universal…
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The Library Instructor as Learner: A Survey of Reflective Teaching Practices in US Academic Libraries
Reflective practice provides library workers with a critical opportunity to examine professional experiences, question assumptions and approaches, explore new perspectives, and develop innovative solutions to existing problems. When applied to instruction as reflective teaching, this practice…
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“‘What is one takeaway you've gotten from this learning experience?’ Analyzing Student Reflections on Introductory Information Literacy Instruction”
Reflection is a useful pedagogical tool for both learners in instructional settings and educators seeking to offer meaningful experiences; in this article, a group of academic librarians use the former to engage with the latter. We analyzed more than 830 first-year students’ responses to a…
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Teaching Research as an Interdependent Practice: Bringing Alternate Models into the Scholarly Conversation
The customs and practices of research in academia are often mischaracterized as individualistic pursuits, ignoring the reality that research requires a great deal of collaboration. As teaching librarians, our research instruction often reinforces individualism as a scholarly virtue, even as we…
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Little Did I Know
Christopher Hollister, co-founder and co-editor-in-chief, reflects on his time with CIL in this farewell editorial.
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Review of Information Literacy and Social Media: Empowered Student Engagement with the ACRL Framework
Review of Santamaría, M., & Pfannenstiel, N. (2024). Information literacy and social media: Empowered student engagement with the ACRL Framework. Association of College and Research Libraries.
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The Librarian Teaching Self-Efficacy Scale
Teaching self-efficacy is a critical factor in instructional success. Little research has been conducted on how academic librarians perceive their own teaching abilities. This study introduces and validates the Librarian Teaching Self-Efficacy Scale, a tool designed to measure self-efficacy beliefs…
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From Cynicism to Trust: Strategies for Teaching Students Source Evaluation Skills
Concerns about the spread and adoption of misinformation abound, and academic librarians have played a part in trying to stem the tide through information literacy instruction. However, teaching students how to evaluate sources can be complicated—teaching fact-checking skills may be insufficient if…
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What Language Are We Speaking?: Marketing Information Literacy on University Library Websites
This study investigates how Canadian university libraries communicate information literacy (IL) to non-library faculty members on faculty-facing web pages. A content analysis was conducted of websites from institutions affiliated with the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (n = 25) to…