Infomation Literacy Timeline

First American Library Association Conference

Jun 25, 1876

Institutions begin Library courses

Period: Jun 25, 1876 to Jun 25, 1910

20 Institutions begin credit courses in library research. 40 or more have non-credit courses in the field

First School Libraries Established

Jun 25, 1918

First Library Instruction

Jun 25, 1938

Patrician Knapps research timespan

Period: Jun 25, 1959 to Jun 25, 1962

Patricia Knapp's research at Monteith College Library

Jun 25, 1960

Research of the library/college concept. Higher education should revolve around library. This was the root of the modern day information literacy movement using synchronous and asynchronous instruction.

Evan Farber- Fully course-integrated Library Instruction Program

Jun 25, 1964

Took place at Earlham College

Miriam Dudley- First self-paced student centered instruction

Jun 25, 1970

Came about due to low librarian to student ratios.

Patricia Breivik-Introduction of Infomation Literacy in classrooms

Period: Jun 25, 1980 to Jun 25, 1990

With technology becoming a huge part of our access to information, libraries began giving "library orientations" in classrooms.

Patricia Breivik established National Forum on Information Literacy

Jun 25, 1989

First ALA Information Literacy Standards Published

Jun 25, 1998