One of the gifts of the Library and Information Science field is that no one is starting from scratch. Smart and thoughtful colleagues have developed frameworks and documented best practices for providing our services. One example of this is the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, which sets out to establish core principles for understanding the art and science of information literacy. These core concepts do not prescribe specific actions for librarians to follow, but they are meant to inspire and guide the underlying philosophy of information literacy instruction.

The assignment attached here was to present one concept of the ACRL Framework within the context of delivering a specific program. This was an opportunity for me to bring the high-level theory represented in the specific frame I chose (Information Creation as a Process) into the context of real world practice. Developing ideas for a workshop, an assignment, and a classroom activity based on the ACRL Framework showed me how these pre-established ideas in the library field can be used to guide our daily work.