This page aims to provide the participating students in our international courses with resources for the fundamental aspects of “Intercultural Perspectives on Information Literacy and Metaliteracy”. You will find the mandatory readings as well as additional material for help and guidance, for example on scientific research and team conflicts.
If you want to participate in a course, please contact the Instructors from your university.
Mandatory readings
AI and GenAI
UNESCO (2021): Ethics of Artificial Intelligence – the recommondation.
Copyright and Attribution
CopyrightGOV – U.S. Copyright Office (w. d.): What is copyright?
Creative Commons (w. d.): Use & Remix. – This is a global community that is dedicated to producing and sharing openly licensed materials. Their page provides information about the use of open resources.
YourEurope (08.11.2023): Copyright in the EU – how to get copyright protection. – This resource offers a definition for copyright and explains the rights of a copyright holder from a European Union perspective.
Information Literacy
Hirvonen, N. (2024). Information literacy after the AI revolution. Journal of Information Literacy, 18(1), 47–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.11645/18.1.593.
UNESCO (2023): Information Literacy. – This definition of information literacy is provided by UNESCO as part of their *Information for All Programme (IFAP) and provides a video that explores the six priorities of the IFAP including information literacy: * YouTube Video: IFAP Information Literacy
Intercultural Perspectives on Information Literacy and Metaliteracy
Griesbaum, J., Dreisiebner, S., Mackey, T. P., Jacobson, T. E., Thadathil, T., Bhattacharya, S., & Adilović, E. (2023). Teaching Internationally, Learning Collaboratively: Intercultural Perspectives on Information Literacy and Metaliteracy (IPILM). Communications in Information Literacy, 17 (1), 260–278. https://doi.org/10.15760/comminfolit.2023.17.1.4. – This article is written by the IPILM course instructors and examines the intercultural perspectives on information literacy and metaliteracy within the context of this international virtual exchange.
Metaliteracy
Jacobson, T., & Mackey, T. (2025). 2025 metaliteracy goals and learning objectives. Metaliteracy. https://metaliteracy.org/learning-objectives/metaliteracy-goals-and-learning-objectives-updated-2025/
Metaliteracy. In: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaliteracy (13.06.2025). – This is the Wikipedia definition of metaliteracy from many Wikipedia contributors. Several students from the IPILM course contributed to this definition based on their research and discussed in their final project: YouTube video: “Work on the metaliteracy Wikipedia article”
Additional material for help and guidance
Creating Infographics
University of Albany Libraries (16.08.2023). Infographic Project Guide. – This is a comprehensive resource that explains how to plan and produce effective infographics. (Make sure to use the tabs to navigate through all of the relevant three phases: Preparing to Do Research for Your Infographic, Searching for Your Sources, Infographic Design and Creation.)
Information Literacy
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) (2015). Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Chicago: American Library Association (ALA). Accessed on https://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework. – This is the expanded framework for information literacy as provided by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) in the United States. This document is also translated in several different international languages including a German translation.
Head, A. J., Fister, B., & MacMillan, M. (2020). Information literacy in the age of algorithms: Student experiences with news and information and the need for change. Project Information Literacy. Accessed on https://projectinfolit.org/publications/algorithm-study/. – This study offers insights about the impact of algorithms on student perception of news and information.
Metaliteracy
Mackey, Thomas P., & Jacobson, Trudi E. (2011). Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy. College & Research Libraries, 72(1), 62–78. Accessed on https://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/16132/17578.
Tips for scientific research
Arnold, M., Goldschmitt, M., & Rigotti, T. (2023). Dealing with information overload: a comprehensive review. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1122200. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1122200.
Tips on how to handle team conflicts
Peterson, R. S., Shah, P. P. Ferguson, A. J., & Jones, S. L. (2024). 4 Common Types of Team Conflict – and How to resolve them. Harvard Business Review.