ACRL Guidelines for Academic librarians

This post is being written in accordance with my portfolio panel to make minor changes to my portfolio.

ACRL Sets of Guidelines that I think Academic librarians should be familiar with and why:

A Guideline for the Appointment, Promotion and Tenure of Academic Librarians

Librarians need to know about the tenure and promotion guidelines in their field, probationary terms and terminations, grievances and academic freedom.

http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/promotiontenure.cfm

Association of College & Research Libraries Guidelines for Academic Status for College and University Librarians

Some of the more important ones that librarians should know are Professional responsibilities, Governance, Leaves and research funds, and Academic Freedom.

Why: Librarians should have their own creative license, at the same time they should be governed by a set of standards and made sure that they are meeting them. Librarians should know what they are held accountable for and how it affects their job.

Why: Librarians should know this one because it is them who are serving the institution according to their mission. They should know the mission of the library they are serving. They should participate in the selection of new employees and have input into the hiring of new employees.

Why: Librarians should know this one because it important to their goal of research and participating in committees and activities. In order to expand their knowledge they need to know that they have the resources to do so or how to get them.

Why: They should know this for sure because it relates to what they teach and write. They should know that they have the freedom to teach and write how they want to.

Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education

These standards are the basis for proper information literacy instruction, after proper instruction the student should be able to display these five characteristics or "standards". The information literate student, "determines the nature and extent of information needed", "accesses information effectively and efficiently", "evaluates information and its sources critically and incorporates selected information into his or her knowledge base and value system", "individually or as a member of a group, uses information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose" and "understands many of the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information and accesses and uses information ethically and legally."

http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/informationliteracycompetency.cfm

"Guidelines for Academic Status for College and University Libra," American Library Association, September 06, 2006.http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/guidelinesacademic.cfm (Accessed April 22, 2008)