IncorporatingInformation Literacy

into Your Courses

What exactly is information literacy?

"Information literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate and use effectively the needed information."

---American Library Association. Final Report of the American Library Association Presidential Committee on Information Literacy.

Chicago: American Library Association, 1989.

Why is information literacy so important?"Within today's information

society, the most important learning outcome for all students is their being able to function as independent lifelong learners. The essential enabler to reaching that goal is information literacy."

Breivik, Patricia. “Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning: The Magical Partnership.”

The Digital Universe Explodes!

Being Information Literate is Essential in the 21st Century

"People . . . will not come to the workplace knowing, all they have to know

but knowing how to figure out what they need to know, where to get it, and how to make meaning out of it."

A Nation Prepared : Teachers for the 21st Century :the Report of the Task Force on Teaching as a

Profession. Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy, 1986 .

Association of College and Research Libraries Information Literacy Standards

1. The information literate student determines the nature and extent of the information needed.

2. The information literate student accesses needed information effectively and efficiently.

3. The information literate student evaluates information and its sources critically and incorporates selected information into his or her knowledge base and value system.

4. The information literate student, individually or as a member of a group, uses information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose.

5. The information literate student understands many of the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information and accesses and uses information ethically and legally.

An Information Literate Student:

“The new core curriculum will integrate critical thinking and communication skills , information

literacy and technology literacy into every course.”

How does information literacy fit into Lynn’s Strategic Plan?

The UCF Model

The Lynn Model

Oral CommunicationWritten Communication

Lynn Information Literacy Goals1. Students will recognize their need for information.

2. Students will know how to locate information.

3. Students will be able to access information quickly.

4. Students will be able to evaluate the information found.

5. Students will use the information gathered effectively.

6. Students will use the information gathered ethically.

- (Film critic Roger Ebert, Yahoo! Internet Life, Sept. 1998)

“Doing research on the Web is like using a library assembled piecemeal by pack rats and vandalized nightly.”

Wikipedia falsely reports comedian Sinbad's death

Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead…

USA Today, 3/16/2007

This diagram represents the information search process.

                                                                                          

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