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by Anne Jumonville, C&RL News February 2014 Central research questions: "How do nonlibrarian faculty adopters of information literacy in the humanities incorporate information literacy in a variety of disciplines? What are their conclusions about the results of this effort?" Argues that it is possible to integrate information literacy concepts as outlined by ACRL standards into assignments in the humanities classroom where the assignments add value to the research process and student learning. Strategy 1: Assigning annotated bibliographies, some which asked for a reflection of the research process to be included in the annotation, creating online annotated bibs that allowed for links to sources. Strategy 2: Using online discussion forums to talk about the research process.

by Anne Jumonville, C&RL News February 2014 Central research questions: "How do nonlibrarian faculty adopters of information literacy in the humanities incorporate information literacy in a variety of disciplines? What are their conclusions about the results of this effort?" Argues that it is possible to integrate information literacy concepts as outlined by ACRL standards into assignments in the humanities classroom where the assignments add value to the research process and student learning. Strategy 1: Assigning annotated bibliographies, some which asked for a reflection of the research process to be included in the annotation, creating online annotated bibs that allowed for links to sources. Strategy 2: Using online discussion forums to talk about the research process.

Trudi Jacobson, Head of the Information Literacy Department for the University at Albany Libraries and co-chair of the ACRL IL Competency Standards Task Force will speak on ACRL's current work and the new threshold concepts model underlying the draft Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education.

Article by Heather McCullough about how UNC-Charlotte addressed the need for digital scholarship services through staffing, facilities, events and publicity and tools and projects. Also talks about faculty feedback and reactions.

Article by Heather McCullough about how UNC-Charlotte addressed the need for digital scholarship services through staffing, facilities, events and publicity and tools and projects. Also talks about faculty feedback and reactions.