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Framework for Information Literacy: Scholarship as Conversation

Compiled by the FLA Academic Instruction & Information Literacy Member Group

SCHOLARSHIP AS CONVERSATION: Knowledge Practices and Lesson Plans

Communities of scholars, researchers, or professionals engage in sustained discourse with new insights and discoveries occurring over time as a result of varied perspectives and interpretations.

•cite the contributing work of others in their own information production;

•contribute to scholarly conversation at an appropriate level, such as local online community, guided discussion, undergraduate research journal, conference presentation/poster session;

•identify barriers to entering scholarly conversation via various venues;

•critically evaluate contributions made by others in participatory information environments;

•identify the contribution that particular articles, books, and other scholarly pieces make to disciplinary knowledge;

•summarize the changes in scholarly perspective over time on a particular topic within a specific discipline;

•recognize that a given scholarly work may not represent the only or even the majority perspective on the issue.