The Information Literacy Assignment Bank is designed to support collaboration between librarians and faculty at College of the Holy Cross by providing a framework and a repository of concrete, but flexible, examples of the ways that information literacy and librarians can be integrated into the academic curriculum.
The Assignment Bank consists of a series of 1-page template assignments designed to teach students a specific information literacy skill or skills in the context of an existing course.
Each 1-page assignment includes:
(1) A step-by-step description of the tasks involved;
(2) Appropriate skill level(s);
(3) Relevant frames from the Association of College & Research Libraries Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education.
The Assignment Bank is a continually-growing and evolving work-in-progress, and we welcome requests for adjustments or additions to any of the assignments listed here. To learn more about using one of these assignments in your courses, please contact Jennifer Whelan, Coordinator of Research & Information Literacy, at jwhelan@holycross.edu, your Library Liaison or the First Year Engagement Librarian – or any other librarian who you prefer to work with.