1. The New Information Literacy University of South Florida Polytechnic
Multiliteracy Is:
The New Information Literacy
Diane Fulkerson
University of South Florida Polytechnic
Library Conference
November 2, 2011

2. Information Literacy ACRL Information Literacy Standards:
Recognize information need
Locate the information
Evaluate the information
Effectively use the information
Standards associated with library instruction
ACRL standards become foundation for the standards for other types of literacy

3. Information Literacy
Information Literacy—the ability of a person to recognize a need for information and then locating, analyzing, and using the information effectively and ethically.
Assignment requiring articles and books
(Photo by Paul Watson on Flickr—Creative Commons license for reuse )

4. Other Literacies
Visual
Media
Digital Literacy
Cultural

5. Visual Literacy
Visual Literacy--a person’s ability to understand and produce visual messages(Westby, 2010)
What can you tell me about this image?
(photo from National Archives
and Records Administration)

6. Media Literacy
Media Literacy—the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and effectively communicate in a variety of formats, including print and non-print (Considine & Haley, 1999)
music, films, television, videos, electronic games, items in print, web sites…

7. Digital Literacy
Digital Literacy—a variety of cognitive, social and motor skills enabling users to function in a digital environment(Eshet-Alkalai, 2004)
RSS Feeds, tags, YouTube, Podcasts

8. What is Multiliteracy?
Multiliteracy—focuses on multimodal forms of communication and the growth of a diverse and global connected society
Remix, reuse = new scholarship or purpose
Semiotics
Multimodality

9. Multiliteracy is the new Information Literacy
Multiliteracy focuses on modes of representation that extend beyond language alone. (Cope & Kalantzis, 1999)
Information producers vs. information consumers
Combination of skills including critical thinking/analysis
User generated information
21st Century Literacy

10. Questions or Comments?

11. Sources
Alexander, Bryan.(2008) Web 2.0 and Emergent Multiliteracies. Theory Into Practice, 47(2)
Association of College and Research Libraries.(2000) Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, available online at:
ompetency.cfm
Cope, Bill and Kalantzis, Mary. (1999) Multiliteracies: Literacy Learning and the Design of Social Futures. New York: Routledge
Cope, Bill and Kalantzis, Mary. (2009) “Multiliteracies”: New Literacies, New Learning. Pedagogies: An International Journal,
Hattwig, Denise, Joanna Burgess, Kaila Bussert, and Ann Medaille. ACRL/IRIG Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. Draft 4/20/ http://acrlvislitstandards.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/acrlirig_vlstan dards_draft pdf
Hull, Glynda A. and Nelson, Mark Evan. (2005) Locating the Semiotic Power of Multimodality, Written Communication, 22(2)
Mackey, Thomas P. and Jacobson, Trudi E.(2011) Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy. College & Research Libraries 72(1) 62-78
Pawley, Christine. (2003) Information Literacy: A Contradictory Coupling. The Library Quarterly, 73(4)

12. Websites
Digital Literacy or
International Society for Technology in Education(ISTE)
International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA)
National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE)