Knowledge Base

What is Information Literacy?

Information Literacy encompasses the set of skills needed to search, retrieve, analyze and use information efficiently, effectively, and ethically. The Library workshops and tutorials provide a foundation of Information Literacy skills to support your academic and professional success.  

See here for the Library Workshops details and dates.

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." ¹

These abilities are important to employers because they are necessary for:

• critical thinking
• problem solving
• innovative thinking and
• lifelong learning²

More Resources:

• Information Literacy: Topic Page

  The ability to access, manage, and utilize information to make decisions and solve problems.

• ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (2016)
• Information Literacy: The Perils of Online Research

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• 1. Association of College & Research Libraries. Presidential Committee on Information Literacy. Final Report. (Chicago: American Library Association, 1989.)

  2. Raish, V., Rimland, E. (2016). Employer Perceptions of Critical Information Literacy Skills and Digital Badges. College & Research Libraries; 1/1/2016, Vol. 77 Issue 1, p87-113, 27p