Links
On this page, we plan to present links of interest to librarians and other information literacy educators. We invite your suggestions for important resources for K-16 educators. Please add to this list by sending recommendations for K-12 links to Marilyn Arnone and higher education links to Abby Kasowitz-Scheer. We do not list links to vendors.
General
American Library Association (ALA)
National Forum on Information Literacy
Educator’s Reference Desk Previously AskERIC
Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
K-12
American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
New York State Education Department: Virtual Learning System (resource supporting preK-12 standards-based instruction)
Teacher.org (resource for aspiring teachers in NYS and other states)
Higher Education
ACRL Information Literacy - Contains standards and guidelines, resources and ideas, and professional activity
PRIMO Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online Database -Database of information literacy resources, reviewed and maintained by the Instruction Section of ACRL
Directory of Online Resources for Information Literacy -Contains links to information literacy resources on the web, including assignment ideas, assessment, college/university information literacy sites world wide and more
MERLOT - Multimedia Educational Resource for learning and online teaching
OZONE Ontario Scholars Portal CORIL-Cooperative Online Repository for Information Literacy
-Supports Canadian Universities as a Shared Repository of Information Literacy Teaching/Learning Tools
Listservs
ILI-L (Information Literacy Instruction Discussion List)
Connect to other academics on information literacy topics
INFOLIT (Information Literacy Discussion list)
A forum for school, academic, and public librarians to exchange ideas on information literacy programs and experiences that demonstrate a collaborative relationship between K-12 and higher education institutions