- • Define Information Literacy. • Define the four domains that fall under Metaliterate Learners. • Identify a lack of knowledge in a subject area. •
- you want to know the exact definition of information Literacy.
- You are curious to know why information literacy is so crucial in this century.
- You also want to build information literacy skills.
- As a library professional, you have a unique opportunity to teach information literacy skills to patrons of all ages, from children to seniors.
- 4.1 The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
- 4.2 The International Alliance for Information Literacy (IAIL)
- 4.3 UNESCO Media and Information Literacy
- Paul Zurkowski first defined information literacy in (1974) as ‘people trained in the application of information sources to their work can be called literates.’
- To put it simply, information literacy is a set of abilities that help students to locate, evaluate and cite various sources of information in an effective manner.
- Information literacy and digital literacy are sometimes used interchangeably, but digital literacy also includes skills related to generating and sharing digital content.
- 1 Information literacy also is increasingly important in the contemporary environment of rapid technological change and proliferating information resources.
- The study of information literacy has developed separately from the study of media literacy, but the two traditions are beginning to converge.
- Information literacy is critically important because we are surrounded by a growing ocean of information in all formats.