Research Guides: Information Literacy and Technological Agility Shared Competency (ILTA): Outcome 6: Inclusivity

Outcome 6: Inclusivity

Definition: Apply strategies to discern power and justice dynamics within information and/or data systems.

Indicators	Exemplary	Developing	Emergent	Not Evident
6.1 Includes diverse sources in personal and academic work.	Includes more than two diverse sources in personal and academic work.	Includes two diverse sources in personal and academic work.	Includes one diverse source in personal and academic work.	Does not include diverse sources.
6.2 Identifies biases, worldviews, and inequities inherent in information and/or data systems.	Identifies more than two biases, worldviews, and inequities inherent in information and/or data systems.	Identifies two biases, worldviews, and inequities inherent in information and/or data systems.	Identifies one bias, worldview, or inequity inherent in information and/or data systems.	Does not identify the bias, worldviews, and inequities inherent in information and/or data systems.
6.3 Employs strategies to circumvent inequities in information systems.	Employs more than two strategies to circumvent information systems.	Employs two strategies to circumvent information systems.	Employs one strategy to circumvent information systems.	Does not employ strategies to circumvent information systems.

Common Artifacts, Activities, and Tools: ACTUP evaluation method; Using inclusive search practices; Statement on harmful research; Annotated bibliography; Research journal; Reflection on the assignment; Positionality statements; Require students to look outside of scholarly literature

Sample Activities for this Outcome

Anti-Racist Teaching in Higher Education: Teaching Resources
This guide serves as bank of resources about anti-racist teaching for faculty and staff.
Diverse Sources and Collections in SU Libraries
Matters of Authority
This lesson is designed to help students think about different ways of “knowing” and what secondary sources (particularly scholarly) are able to accomplish in providing analysis, context, and scope.
Queering Classification
This video discusses classification systems, library organization schemas, and the power of naming using examples of queer identities and its history of misrepresentation.
Reinforcement of Cultural Humility in Searching and Patient Communications
Activity for making a patient education zine on smoking cessation that is geared towards the audience of LGBTQ2S+ communities.
Rise Against the Machines: Understanding Algorithmic Bias
Algorithms are not neutral but this does not mean they are not useful tools for research. In this workshop on algorithmic bias, student learn how algorithms can perpetuate bias and discrimination and how to critically evaluate their search results.
Whose Shoulders Are You Standing Inclusive Citation Practices in Literature Reviews
When writing a research paper, it can be easy to overlook the human side of scholarship – how being cited in a study (or not) can have real, material consequences, and how social structures can systematically exclude certain people from scholarship.

Online Videos & Tutorials

The following links will take you to online videos and tutorials aligned with the above Outcome that you can ask your students to complete. For many of the tutorials there are accompanying quizzes that we can send you if you would like to use them. Please contact Kelly Delevan (kdeleva@syr.edu) or John Stawarz (jdstawar@syr.edu) if you would like to know more.

These are just a few of the available tutorials/videos. For more, visit: https://researchguides.library.syr.edu/tutorials