SECTION 210:15-3-172. Overview

(a)   Information literacy is no longer a simple matter of being able to locate information in reference books. Digital information has increased the complexity of information literacy to include digital, visual, and technological literacy, in addition to textual literacy. These literacy skills are essential to success in the modern world.

(b)   STANDARDS FOR THE 21^ST-CENTURY LEARNER, by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) (2007), addresses the new complexity of information literacy. Because these standards outline the skills our students will need for future success, they have been adopted as the PRIORITY ACADEMIC STUDENT SKILLS for Information Literacy with the permission of AASL. These standards consist of skills, dispositions, responsibilities, and self-assessment strategies. Skills are the key abilities needed for understanding, learning, thinking, and mastering subjects (AASL). Dispositions are ongoing beliefs and attitudes that guide thinking and intellectual behavior that can be measured through actions taken (AASL). Responsibilities are common behaviors used by independent learners in researching, investigating, and problem solving (AASL). Self-assessment strategies are reflections of one's own learning to determine that the skills, dispositions, and responsibilities are effective (AASL). Taken together, these four strands, or components, outline the knowledge and skills a student must possess to become a responsible digital citizen.

(c)   Information literacy standards are to be taught as an integral part of curriculum content in science, social studies, language arts, reading, etc. To facilitate the identification of information literacy skills, a book icon follows each standard or objective within the curriculum document which has information literacy embedded within the curriculum. Students are best served when these are taught in collaboration and cooperation between the classroom teacher and the library media specialist. The classroom teacher and media specialist should provide opportunities for students to use information literacy skills in completion of class assignments.

(d)   Specific benchmarks for each of the standards are provided in the Benchmarks for Information Literacy document. This document is excerpted from STANDARDS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY LEARNER IN ACTION by the American Association of School Librarians (2009). This publication is considered an essential tool for library media specialists and should be part of the professional collection for all school libraries.

[Source: Added at 20 Ok Reg 159, eff 10-10-02 (emergency); Added at 20 Ok Reg 821, eff 5-15-03; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 2641, eff 6-21-10 (emergency); Amended at 28 Ok Reg 1050, eff 6-11-11]