1. Using Info Diaries to
Synthesize Information
Literacy Competencies:
Access, Evaluation & Use
Lettycia Terrones
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Cal State University Los Angeles

2. Students as Participants
Learner-Centered-Teaching asks the instructor
to “facilitate and guide learners … to do the
work of learning, to become actively involved in
the material to be learned, and to then create
their own understanding of that material.”
(Kaplowitz, 2012, p. 8)
*Equipping students to “Enter into the Conversation!”

3. ACRL Info Literacy Competency
Standards for Higher Education
Determine the information need
Access information effectively and efficiently
Evaluate information and its sources critically
Use information effectively to accomplish a specific
purpose
Understand issues surrounding the use of information,
and access/use information ethically
Association of College and Research Libraries. (2002). Information literacy competency standards for higher education. Chicago, IL: ALA.
Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/standards/standards.pdf

4. InfoLit How to Equip Students
Research question
Keywords/Subject headings
Accessing sources
Evaluate & Use information
Understand ethics of info
access and use

5. Critical Thinking
… is PRESENT in all steps of the
research process!
Critical Thinking & Information Literacy
are not in competition, but rather
complement each other.

6. Entering the Conversation
Rodburg, M. (1999). Moving from Assignment to Topic. Retrieved from http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/documents/Topic.html
Writing is not playing someone else's game.
Successful writing involves the creation and
framing of your own questions about the sources
you've chosen. You want to attend to the
assignment at the same time that you locate and
articulate your own, particular interest in it.
(Rodburg, 1999)

7. InfoLit How to Equip Students
Research question
Keywords/Subject headings
Accessing sources
Evaluate & Use information
Understand ethics of info
access and use
= Participation (CREATE!)

8. References
Association of College and Research Libraries. (2002). Information literacy competency standards for
higher education. Chicago, IL: ALA. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/
files/content/standards/standards.pdf
Kaplowitz, J. R. (2012). Transforming information literacy instruction using learner-centered teaching.
London, England: Facet Publishing.
Rodburg, M. (1999). Moving from assignment to topic. Retrieved from http://www.fas.harvard.edu/
~wricntr/documents/Topic.html
Terrones, L. (2013). LIBR 250 course webpage. Retrieved from http://calstatela.libguides.com/
terrones_libr250