Information Literacy in the Disciplines

ARCHITECTURE

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.

Accrediting Agencies & Professional Associations

American Society of Landscape Architects, with the Canadian Society of Landscape Architecture, the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, the Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards, and the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board. Landscape Architecture Body of Knowledge: Study Report, 2004. http://www.csla.ca/eng/engdocs/pdfs/education/LABOK%20Report%20with%20Appendices.pdf (accessed June 12, 2007).

Art Libraries Society of North America. Information Competencies for Students in Design Disciplines, 2006.http://www.arlisna.org/resources/onlinepubs/informationcomp.pdf (accessed June 12, 2007).

National Architectural Accrediting Board. "Appendix B: Guidelines for Writing the Information Resources Assessment: Services." NAAB Conditions for Accreditation for Professional Degree Programs in Architecture, 2004, p B-2. http://www.naab.org/usr_doc/2004_CONDITIONS.pdf (accessed June 12, 2007).

Curricula, Articles, and Presentations

Brown, J. M. (ed). (2002). Library instruction for students in design disciplines: Scenarios, exercises, and techniques. Ottawa, Ontario: ARLIS/NA.

Core Competencies By Academic Discipline: Architecture. Ventura College.http://www.venturacollege.edu/corecomps/assets/pdf/corecomps_architecture.pdf (accessed June 12, 2007).

Klos, Sheila M. "Information Literacy for the Next Generation." Journal of Architectural Education 49, no. 3 (1996): 204-206.

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