Integrated Information Literacy Instruction

Abstract

In today’s ever expanding information environment, the need is increasing for graduate and undergraduate students to develop information literacy skills throughout their academic programs in preparation for the professional work environment. While a variety of information literacy instruction program models exist within higher education, a program that is integrated within the student’s chosen discipline can most effectively provide opportunities to learn how to find, evaluate, and use information for both academic and future work environments. Faculty and librarians need to collaborate to design and implement discipline-specific information literacy instruction integrated across academic programs.