Information Literacy in Anthropology
The ACRL IS Information Literacy in the Disciplines Committee has gathered links and citations to information literacy standards and curricula developed by accrediting agencies, professional associations, and institutions of higher education in Anthropology.
Accrediting Agencies & Professional Associations
ALA/ACRL/ANSS (Anthropology and Sociology Section) Instruction and Information Literacy Committee. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/subject/ss/anssiil/ (accessed April 9, 2008). ALA / ACRL / ANSS (Anthropology and Sociology Section) Instruction and Information Literacy Committee Task Force on IL Standards. 2008. Information Literacy Standards for Anthropology and Sociology Students. January 15, 2008. http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/anthro_soc_standards.cfm (accessed February 21, 2010).
American Anthropological Association http://www.aaanet.org/ (accessed April 9, 2008).
Society for Applied Anthropology http://www.sfaa.net/ (accessed April 9, 2008).
Society for Medical Anthropology http://www.medanthro.net/ (accessed April 9, 2007).
Articles & Curricula
Alternative literacies: In school and beyond (Special issue, December, 1993). Anthropology & Education Quarterly 24, no. 3. (multiple articles).
Caravello, Patti S. 2006. Research skills for anthropology and sociology students. Anthropology News 47, no. 9: 22.
Durnin, Jean-François, and Catherine Fortier. 2008. Appropriation du questionnaire d'auto-évaluation des connaissances informationnelles par les bibliothécaires: Le cas des sciences de l'éducation et de l'anthropologie à l'Université de Montréal. (French). / Appropriation of the self-assessment of information literacy skills by the librarians: The case of education sciences and anthropology at the Université de Montréal. (English). IFLA Conference Proceedings: 1-15.
Engel, Claudia A. 2007. Learning anthropology in the digital age. Anthropology News 48, no. 1: 27-28.
Fischer, Michael D. 2006. Introduction: Configuring anthropology. Social Science Computer Review 24, no. 1: 3-14.
Gardner, Susan & Susanna Eng. 2006. Web-based resources for anthropology research. Online 30, no. 6: 25-30.
Hartmann, Jonathan. 1993. Information needs of anthropologists. M.L.S. Research Paper, Kent State University. ERIC. (ED465375). http://eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/15/54/3d.pdf (accessed April 22, 2008).
Hartmann, Jonathan. 1995. Information needs of anthropologists. Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian 13, no. 2: 13-34.
Rice, Patricia C. 2007. Strategies for facilitating student learning. Anthropology News 48, no. 11: 27.
Spurling, Norman Kent. 1973. Information needs and bibliographic problems of the anthropology departments at U.N.C. and Duke University. Master’s Thesis, University Of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Ungar, Sheldon. 2003. Misplaced metaphor: A critical analysis of the "knowledge society." The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology 40, no. 3: 331-47.
Weeks, John M. 1997. Introduction to library research in anthropology. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
Blackhurst, Hector. 2010. Internet Anthropologist. Intute: Virtual Training Suite. http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/tutorial/anthropology (accessed February 21, 2010).
Library Research in Anthropology. Purdue University. http://www.lib.purdue.edu/hsse/researchguides/anthrotutorial/index2.html# (accessed February 21, 2010).