Assessment of Information Literacy: A Critical Bibliography

Abstract

This annotated bibliography examines the library science literature, exclusively journal articles, on the topic of the assessment of information literacy.  The authors focused on actual research studies, eliminating purely theoretical discussions, as valuable as they may be.  The undergraduate population was the primary focus, in keeping with the authors’ context of a community college.  Assessment of student learning was also a primary parameter as well, which means several articles were left out because the writers surveyed institutions, or classroom faculty or librarians. A final parameter includes restricting research to 2007 or later.  This is a critical bibliography. The authors have highlighted the articles that they felt are most important, or most interesting. The commentary is not really systematic, so the lack of any particular point of view in a summary should not be taken as a criticism. The authors hope that readers will get an overview of the field of assessment of information literacy, and perhaps have their curiosity sparked or rekindled.