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 ILC workshops provide a foundation of Information Literacy skills to support your academic and professional success.  

See here for the Library's Information Literacy Certificate (ILC) Workshops

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