Information Literacy in the Disciplines
SOCIOLOGY
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/ANSS (Anthropology and Sociology Section) Instruction and Information Literacy Committee Task Force on IL Standards. Information Literacy Standards for Anthropology and Sociology Students, January 2007.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/subject/ss/anssiil/anssilstandards2007.pdf (accessed May 21, 2007)
The following professional association may offer further guidelines and/or curricula of interest:
American Sociological Association http://www.asanet.org/ (accessed May 29, 2007)
Curricula, Articles, and Presentations
Caravello, P.S. (2006). Research skills for anthropology and sociology students. Anthropology News, 47(9), 22.
Doyle, T. & Hammond, J.L. (2006). Net cred: evaluating the Internet as a research source. Reference Services Review, 34(1), 5-70.
John, D. "Information Literacy Curriculum Development Pilot Project Proposal." Five Colleges of Ohio: Integrating Information Literacy into the Liberal Arts Curriculum - Proposals. Oberlin College. http://www.denison.edu/collaborations/ohio5/grant/development/john.html (accessed May 29, 2007).
Kain, E.L. (1999). Building the sociological imagination through a cumulative curriculum: Professional socialization in sociology. Teaching
Sociology, 27(1), 1-16.
McGuinness, C. (2006). What faculty think--Exploring the barriers to information literacy development in undergraduate education. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 32(6), 573-582.
Peoples, J. & Green, T. "Integrating Information Literacy into the New Course Problems in Human Prehistory." Five Colleges of Ohio: Integrating Information Literacy into the Liberal Arts Curriculum - Proposals. Ohio Wesleyan University. http://www.denison.edu/collaborations/ohio5/grant/development/peoples.html (accessed May 29, 2007).
Procter, L. (2006). Supporting legitimate peripheral participation: Challenges for teaching and learning in a first year sociology course. International Review of Modern Sociology, 32(1), 75-101.
Ross, S.M. & Hurlbert, J.M. (2004). Problem-based learning: An exercise on Vermont's legalization of civil unions. Teaching Sociology, 32(1), 79-93.
Smith, J. & Green, T. "Integrating Information Literacy into SOAN 359: Social Inequality." Five Colleges of Ohio: Integrating Information Literacy into the Liberal Arts Curriculum - Proposals. Ohio Wesleyan University. http://www.denison.edu/collaborations/ohio5/grant/development/smith.html (accessed May 29, 2007).
Teaching Sociology {issn: 0092-055X}, American Sociological Association (multiple articles have relevance).
Tuominen, M. & Prophet, M. "Senior Research Seminar: Becoming Critical Consumers and Producers and Information and Knowledge - A Proposal for Faculty/Librarian Collaboration in an Information Literacy Project." Five Colleges of Ohio: Integrating Information Literacy into the Liberal Arts Curriculum - Proposals. Denison University. http://www.denison.edu/collaborations/ohio5/grant/development/tuominen.html (accessed May 29, 2007).
Ungar, S. (2003). Misplaced metaphor: A critical analysis of the "knowledge society." The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 40(3), 331-347.
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