Information Literacy in the Disciplines
SOCIAL WORK
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 Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work http://www.abecsw.org/ (accessed April 22, 2008).
ALA/ACRL/EBSS (Association of College & Research Libraries ? Education and Behavioral Sciences Section) Social Work/Social Welfare Committee Information Competencies for Social Work Students. www.ala.org/ala/acrlbucket/ebss2/social/swkpyramid/pyramid.cfm (accessed April 22, 2008).
Association of Social Work Boards http://www.aswb.org/ (accessed April 22, 2008).
Council on Social Work Education. Accreditation Web Site. http://www.cswe.org/CSWE/accreditation (accessed April 22, 2008).
Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research http://www.iaswresearch.org/ (accessed April 22, 2008).
National Association of Social Workers http://www.naswdc.org/ (accessed April 22, 2008).
Society for Social Work and Research http://www.sswr.org/ (accessed April 22, 2008).
Articles & Curricula
Bellard, Eloise M. 2005. Information literacy needs of nontraditional graduate students in social work. Research Strategies 20(4): 494-505.
Beverley, C.A., P.A. Bath, & R. Barber. 2007. Can two established information models explain the information behaviour of visually impaired people seeking health and social care information? Journal of Documentation 63(1): 9-32.
Carrilio, Terry E. 2007. Using client information systems in practice settings: Factors affecting social workers use of information systems. Journal of Technology in Human Services 25(4): 41-62.
Kok, Adrian J. 2006. Enhancing information literacy in an interdisciplinary collaboration. Journal of Technology in Human Services 24 (2-3): 83-103.
Lee, Shoou-Yih D., Ahsan M. Arozullah, & Young Ik Cho. 2004. Health literacy, social support, and health: A research agenda. Social Science & Medicine 58(7): 1309-1321.
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