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Nonprofit institute that “conducts ongoing, scholarly research about how young adults conceptualize and carry out information tasks in the digital age.” Much of PIL research considers college students and/or recent graduates.
Adopted by the Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL), the Framework includes 6 Threshold Concepts:
Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration, Information Creation as a Process,
Information Has Value, Scholarship as Conversation, Authority is Constructed and Contextual
Within the Framework, each threshold concept is accompanied by recommended knowledge practices and dispositions.
Information Literacy in the Disciplines - A guide to information literacy standards and curricula developed by accrediting agencies, professional associations, and institutions of higher education
