Introduction

In the ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, information literacy is defined as "the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning." (ACRL, 8) This definition of information literacy is written in a way that allows for the agency of students as co-creators of materials, engaged in a process of knowledge construction. The six frames outlined by the Framework breaking this process down into its constituent functions:

• Authority is Constructed and Contextual
• Information Creation as a Process
• Information Has Value
• Research as Inquiry
• Scholarship as Conversation
• Searching as Strategic Exploration

LILAC has designed this toolkit to be an accessible resource for information literacy instructors throughout CUNY, predicated on these principles. Part of the mission to expand the sharing of materials has entailed a more robust integration into CUNY's digital ecosystem. All of the individual materials LILAC received from the different campuses now live in an Open Educational Resources Group. Also, in the Academic Works Literature Review on Pressbooks, the committee has compiled scholarship produced by CUNY researchers on the subjects of information literacy, digital literacy, and media literacy. By facilitating inter-campus sharing through these platforms designed for adaptation and evolution, we hope to encourage and enable greater conversation between faculty who might not ordinarily communicate or share materials.

In this toolkit you will find a large collection of resources available for faculty, librarians and students, organized in a linear and networked fashion to provide quick and easy access. We have compiled syllabi for English 100 classes, lesson plans/assignments/handouts for One-Shot courses, instructional videos detailing the use of CUNY's online libraries, as well as LibGuides that have been developed by librarians across the different campuses. All of these can be found as individual links through our OpenEd Group, but are contextualized in this toolkit. Materials have been compiled into Resource Collections arranged by broad information literacy topics (Effective Search Strategies, Citations, etc.), with the aim of providing a streamlined path and template for instruction, based on the diligent work of CUNY's information literacy librarians.

The Introduction outlines a short history of information literacy as a concept, and it's progressive iterations as critical media/digital/meta-literacies. Then, you will find collections divided by resource type and campus, organized into concise primers for instruction. This is a developing project so please check out new materials as they are integrated, and reach out if you would like to contribute!