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Visual Literacy
ACRL Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
Association of College & Research Libraries.
"Visual literacy is a set of abilities that enables an individual to effectively find, interpret, evaluate, use, and create images and visual media. Visual literacy skills equip a learner to understand and analyze the contextual, cultural, ethical, aesthetic, intellectual, and technical components involved in the production and use of visual materials. A visually literate individual is both a critical consumer of visual media and a competent contributor to a body of shared knowledge and culture."
How Do You Look?
Promoting Visual Literacy at Duke University and Beyond.
Duke University Libraries & The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke.
A comprehensive site covering all aspects of visual literacy with an abundance of illustrative image links.
Writing for Specific Disciplines
Thompson Writing Program, Duke University:
