How the ACRL Research as Inquiry Frame Informed Library Instruction at a College of Medicine

ABSTRACT

In recent years, librarians have begun to consult the Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education to inform their library instruction and respond effectively to an ever-changing information ecosystem. This article describes an academic medical library’s experience with framing scholarly research as a discovery process of asking questions and finding answers, in essence, following the basic premise of the ACRL’s “Research as Inquiry” frame. The authors’ development of instructional sessions for undergraduate interdisciplinary medical students has also encouraged their integration of framework concepts with medical education standards and previous active-learning initiatives.

KEYWORDS:

• ACRL Framework
• research
• instruction
• information literacy
• medical libraries

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