Information Literacy in the Disciplines
BIOLOGY
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
ALA/ACRL/STS Task Force on Information Literacy for Science and Technology. Information Literacy Standards for Science and Technology. (2006, June). Science & Technology Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/infolitscitech.htm (accessed May 29, 2007).
The following professional associations may offer guidelines and/or curricula of related interest:
American Society for Microbiology/America College of Microbiology, Certification Web Site http://www.asm.org/Academy/index.asp?bid=2240 (accessed May 31, 2007)
Association of College and University Biology Teachers http://acube.org (accessed May 29, 2007)
National Association of Biology Teachers http://www.nabt.org (accessed May 29, 2007)
Curricula, Articles, and Presentations
Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching {issn: 1539-2422}, Association of College and University Biology Educators (multiple articles have relevance).
Bowden, T.S. & A. DiBenedetto. (2002). Information literacy in a biology laboratory session: An example of librarian-faculty collaboration. Research Strategies, 18(2), 143-149.
Ferguson, J.E., Neely, T. & Sullivan, K. (2006). A baseline information literacy assessment of biology students. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 46(2), 61-71.
Firooznia, F. & Andreadis, D. "Information Literacy in Introductory Plant Biology." Five Colleges of Ohio: Integrating Information Literacy into the Liberal Arts Curriculum - Proposals. Denison University. http://www.denison.edu/collaborations/ohio5/grant/development/firooznia.html (accessed May 29, 2007).
Firooznia, F. & Andreadis, D.K. (2006, May/June). information literacy in introductory biology. Journal of College Science Teaching, 35(6), 23-27.
Fraga, D. & Jacobs, "A Proposal to Develop an Expanded Information Literacy Component for Cell Physiology (Biol 305)." Five Colleges of Ohio: Integrating Information Literacy into the Liberal Arts Curriculum - Proposals. The College of Wooster. http://www.denison.edu/collaborations/ohio5/grant/development/fraga.html (accessed May 29, 2007).
Hope, C. (2003, Feb 7). Information Competency in the Biology Curriculum. San Jose State University. http://www.sjsu.edu/~cbhope/biology/infocomp/default.htm (accessed May 29, 2007).
"Information Competence in Specific Disciplines -- Sciences." CSU Information Competence Project. California Polytechnic State University. http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/infocomp/specific_sc.html (accessed May 29, 2007).
Kuruppua, P. U. & Gruberb, A.M. (2006). Understanding the information needs of academic scholars in agricultural and biological sciences. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 32(6), 609-623.
Lee, J. & MacMillan, D. (2004). Evolving instruction in biology: Using the web to improve in-class instruction. Reference Services Review, 32(4), 374-382.
Living the life sciences. (2007). Library Journal, 132(5), 40.
Saranto, K. & Hovenga, EJS. (2004). Information literacy; What it is about? Literature review of the concept and the context. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 73(6), 503-513.
Smith, E. M. "Developing an information skills curriculum for the sciences." Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 37 (2003, Spring), http://www.istl.org/03-spring/article8.html (accessed May 29, 2007).
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