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This document provides an introduction to a session on information literacy skills. The session objectives are to define information literacy, understand its importance, and learn the steps of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) standards. The document defines information literacy and explains the concept, importance for university education, lifelong learning, citizenship, and career readiness. It also outlines the ACRL standards for knowing information, accessing information, evaluating information, using information, and addressing ethical and legal issues.

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Session 1 Information Literacy (Compatibility Mode)

This document provides an introduction to a session on information literacy skills. The session objectives are to define information literacy, understand its importance, and learn the steps of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) standards. The document defines information literacy and explains the concept, importance for university education, lifelong learning, citizenship, and career readiness. It also outlines the ACRL standards for knowing information, accessing information, evaluating information, using information, and addressing ethical and legal issues.

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College of Humanities and Legal Studies

Faculty of Arts
Information Literacy Skills Unit

ILT 101
NFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS
SESSION 1 : INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION LITERACY SKILL
SESSION OBJECTIVES

By the end of the session, the student will be able to:


• Define information literacy skills
• Know the importance of information literacy skills
• State and explain the steps of the ACRL standards
• Apply the information literacy skills to their
academic pursuit and thereafter
tion Literacy Unit, UCC
INTRODUCTION
• The world is confronted with making a number of decisions on
daily basis. We all need to make decisions at a point in time.
• How successful we are able to do this depends on a combination o
skills known as “information literacy”.
• In a world that is information rich, librarians are information smar
• Information professionals (Librarians) bridge the information gap
by ensuring that people have the resources and skills they need to
live, learn, work and govern in democratic dispensations.
• Librarians have been organizing information and guiding
people find timely information for centuries.
ation Literacy Unit, UCC
DEFINITION OF INFORMATION
Facts provided or learnt about something or someone.

Information is data that have been processed into a


orm that is meaningful to the recipient or data that
ave been collected, processed and stored in
etrievable format
format..

ation Literacy Unit, UCC


CONCEPT OF INFORMATION LITERACY

• Zurkowski (1974) defined information literacy as the ability to use techniques and
skills from a wide range of information tools as well as primary sources to find
solutions to problems.
• Thomas (2004) defined information literacy as a body of knowledge ,skills,
competencies and understanding required by the individual to find information
effectively and use it appropriately to meet the need that prompted it acquisition.
• Association of College and Research Libraries(ACRL) (2015)—
(2015)— set of skills needed to
find, retrieve, analyze and use information.
• Information literary is a set of individual competencies needed to identify, evaluate
and use information in the most ethical, efficient and effective way across all domains,
occupations and professions.

ation Literacy Unit, UCC


IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION LITERACY

versity education
arpens your critical thinking skills—
skills— you will be able to carry out tasks, distinguish facts
nions, access the accuracy and relevancy of information from myriad sources
eryday living
elong learning
come responsible citizen
orkplace environment
kes you ready for the competitive job market

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CRL STANDARD OF INFORMATION LITERAC

To know

To access

To evaluate

To use

Ethical/Legal Issues

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CONCLUSION

• Information literacy refers to a set of qualities that mold an


ordinary student into a skillful, "wise information consumer"
and "lifelong learner."
• Information literacy isn't just a course you do in the
university rather becoming "information literate" is
something you acquire, via your coursework, personal
experiences and interactions with information you encounter
in everyday life
life..

ation Literacy Unit, UCC


READING LIST

ACRL Information Literacy Web Site Step-


Step-by
by--Step Standards Retrieved from
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/issues/infolit/standards/steps/index.cfm
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/issues/ infolit/standards/steps/index.cfm on
21st January, 2014.
Baumbach, D. T. (1986). Information skills for the information age: The state of our States,
Baumbach, States,
In Aaron, S. L. & Scales, P. R . (Eds.), School Library Media Annual (Vol. 4, pp. 278-
278-285).
Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited Inc.
Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). What is
Information Literacy? Retrieved from www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/advocacy on
21stJanuary, 2014).

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