Using ARLIS/NA "Information Competencies for Students in Design Disciplines" in Course Integrated Information Literacy Instruction at Washington University in St. Louis

The ARLIS/NA "Information Competencies for Students in Design Disciplines" provide a starting point for art and architecture librarians to work with faculty to integrate the teaching of information literacy skills into curriculum and assignments. As the art and architecture librarian at Washington University in St. Louis, the author has found some success in starting to build an information literacy program for the Architecture School that is course-integrated and aligned with the faculty's curricular goals and methods. This was done by using the chronological skills-building model of the competencies as well as standards from other related professional organizations in discussions with faculty. Together with faculty, the author developed sequential research process assignments that build research and critical-thinking skills, planned hands-on sessions where students apply the skills with the help of librarians and teaching assistants, and created Web guides pointing students to library resources to use in completing research assignments.