Information Literacy - Resources
(http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/info/literacy.html)
To be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when
information is needed and have the ability
to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.
Producing such a citizenry will require that
schools and colleges appreciate and integrate the concept of
information literacy into their learning programs
and that they play a leadership role in equipping individuals and
institutions to take advantage of the
opportunities inherent within the information society.
Ultimately, information literate people are those who have learned how
to learn. They know how to learn
because they know how knowledge is organized, how to find information,
and how to use information in such a
way that others can learn from them. They are people prepared for
lifelong learning, because they can always
find the information needed for any task or decision at hand.
Source:
American Library
Association: Presidential Committee on Information Literacy
[1989, Washington, D.C.]
Supporting & Related Pages:
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Clippings:
Mike Eisenberg teaches UW's doctors of data
overload how to recognize what's valuable
Seattle Times, April 09, 2000
by Sherry Stripling
... meet Mike
Eisenberg, an energetic New York native who directs the
University of Washington's
new Information School as if he hopes to take it to the
Super Bowl.
Eisenberg paces as he talks. He punches the air with his
finger and peppers his
speech with words such as "Right?" and "OK?"
Librarians are the original information specialists, he
tells them, OK? Northwest
librarians are in the center of the information universe,
right?
UW experts' tips for working efficiently with information [Seattle
Times, April 9, 2000]
Literature:
Integrating information literacy into the curriculum
How is your library measuring up?
by Cerise Oberman, Bonnie Gratch Lindauer, and Betsy Wilson
Integrating Information Literacy into the Curriculum," was the subject of
a recent panel presentation at the American Association of Higher
Education (AAHE) on March 24, 1998, in Atlanta, Georgia. This panel
presentation, moderated by Althea Jenkins, ACRL executive director,
was geared toward educational administrators, including presidents,
provosts, and academic vice-presidents. As such, a unique instrument for
this panel presentation was developed by Cerise Oberman (Plattsburgh State
University of New York) and Betsy Wilson (University of
Washington) to assist the audience in evaluating their own institutional
information literacy readiness: the Information Literacy IQ test.
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