Documents from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, NJIT's accrediting body.
* Characteristics
of Excellence in Higher Education (.pdf)
The standards for accreditation require information literacy embedded
and assessed in the higher education curriculum.
* Developing
Research & Communication Skills: Guidelines for Information Literacy
in the Curriculum
Discipine Specific Standards
Information
Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (ACRL,
2000)
A "framework for assessing the information literate individual,"
and an outline of the process by which "faculty, librarians and others
can pinpoint specific indicators that identify a student as information
literate."
Objectives
for Information Literacy Instruction: A Model Statement for Academic Librarians
(ACRL, 2001) Includes information about the development
of the objectives.
Information Literacy for Science & Technology
Information
Literacy Standards for Science and Technology (ACRL,
2005)
Based on the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher
Education, "each performance indicator is accompanied by one or more outcomes
for assessing the progress toward information literacy of students of
science and engineering or technology at all levels of higher education."
Information Literacy for Chemistry
1. Information
Literacy for Students of Chemistry (.pdf) by Dr. Philip Barnett, City
College of New York (CUNY, 2005)
2. Undergraduate
Professional Education in Chemistry: Guidelines and Evaluation Procedures:
Spring 2003 Guidelines (.pdf)-- Pages 14 and 17 contain useful information
for information literacy. See also Topical Supplements to the Guidelines.