This page lists material from organizations and educational institutions related to the development and assessment of information literacy programs.

Austin Community College Ad-hoc Committee on Information Literacy. Final Report. Study of ACC information literacy programs, with recommendations for future. Includes faculty survey. 2001.

Assessments and evaluations of ACC Library Services information literacy programs. Various studies and surveys of different projects are given.

ALA ACRL Information Literacy page. This is the gateway "for resources on information literacy focused on improving the teaching, learning, and research role of the higher education community."

Kirk, Thomas G., Jr. Information Literacy in a Nutshell: Basic Information for Academic Administrators and Faculty. ALA, ACRL's Institute for Information Literacy.

Eisner, Michael D. Information Literacy Facts. California State University, Northridge.

Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. ALA, ACRL. 2000.

Ragains, Patrick. Assessment in Library & Information Literacy Instruction. 20 June 2001.

Best Practices Project. ALA, ACRL's Institute for Information Literacy.
A thirty-seven month long project planned "to provide models of information literacy programs that institutions can use as benchmarks for comparison with their own developing programs."

Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices. ALA, ACRL.

Smalley, Topsy N. Information Literacy Assessment: Distinguishing Different Levels of Understanding
Links to examples of educational objectives of information literacy programs, elementary school through college. Last rev. 4/13/01. Part of "Information Literacy in the Information Age: Sabbatical Project Report." Also available at http://www.topsy.org under the same title.

Smalley, Topsy N. Investigating Information Age Realities in the World of Work. Part of "Information Literacy in the Information Age: Sabbatical Project Report." Also available at http://www.topsy.org under the same title.

Faculty Guide to Plagiarism. Austin Community College Library Services, 2003.

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red wassenich and teresa ashley, Oct. 8, 2003; last updated, April 17, 2006