Information Literacy
Earlier this year, the CILIP Information Literacy Group updated the original 2004 definition of information literacy. Teaching and fostering information literacy is something information professionals (e.g. librarians) and teachers collaborate on.
To be information literate means having a range of skills involved in seeking, evaluating, using and presenting information and doing this ethically. More and more it involves digital literacy (e.g. using the internet and digital environments to find information) and is relevant not only to the academic world but also the workplace and in everyday life. It is key to lifelong and independent learning.
To be information literate means having a range of skills involved in seeking, evaluating, using and presenting information and doing this ethically. More and more it involves digital literacy (e.g. using the internet and digital environments to find information) and is relevant not only to the academic world but also the workplace and in everyday life. It is key to lifelong and independent learning.
To see the definition (less than 4 sides of A4), see the document here.
Some of the skills involved in information literacy are:
- Critical thinking and problem solving.
- Questioning techniques
- Evaluating information including identifying fake news
- Using information/ images ethically (copyright).
- Understanding the limitation of online reviews and information
- Plagiarism and referencing
- Identidying and understanding bias.
- Identifying what information you need before you look and being able to express this in the right way for the tool you use to search for it.
- Understanding where the best place/source is to get the information you require.
- Identifying the best resources for the information required.
- Presenting information in the best way.
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