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Information Literacy
Dear, professional we are now in a stage called library 2.o , information age. it is note worthy that what ever service, tool, technique in library science will not serve it purpose unless and untill people will information literate . so matter is we should know what is information literacy what its role?
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This is the ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) page on information literacy: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/acrlinfolit/informationliteracy.cfm
It includes guidelines, standards, and other information.
Information literacy is a set of skills that all students need to possess in order to be successful researchers, scientists, critics, etc. I think that, due to a variety of factors, students pick up these skills in a piecemeal fashion. As librarians, I think that we have the ability and opportunity to educate students (and sometimes faculty) and fill in the gaps.
The information literacy skill that I think needs to be emphasized the most is evaluating information. At ISU, we use the CRAAP test. It covers all the bases, and it really sticks in people's heads: http://www.isu.edu/library/help/ineteval.htm
Hope this helps.
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