STANDARD FIVE: Recognizing the Need to Keep Current Regarding New Developments in Your Field

BASIC LESSONS

• Standard One: Defining the Information Need
• Standard Two: Acquiring Needed Information Efficiently and Effectively
• Standard Three: Critically Evaluating Information and Its Sources
• Standard Four: Using Information Ethically
• Standard Five: Keeping Current Regarding New Information in Your Field
  1. Recognizing the Professional Responsibility to Keep Current
  2. Establishes Procedures To Keep Current
  3. Discipline-Specific Information

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GENERAL INTRODUCTION

The ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards identifies Standard Five as the recognition of the need to keep current regarding new developments in his or her field. This series of lessons introduces users to a variety of concepts and ideas that fall under that standard.