WHAT IS INFORMATION LITERACY?
Some definitions:
"Information literacy is the ability to use, organize, present and access information effectively and efficiently for a given purpose or need"
Australian Capital Territory Department of Education & Training and Children's Youth & Family Services Bureau (1997) Information access curriculum support paper: incorporating information literacy and information technology Canberra: ACT Department of Education & Training and Children's Youth & Family Services Bureau.
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...." the ability to process and use information effectively is more than a basic tool for the empowerment of school students: it is in fact the basic survival skill for those who wish to be successful in the 1990s and beyond. "
Australian School Library Association and Australian Library and Information Association, Learning for the future: developing information services in Australian schools, Curriculum Corporation, 1993.)
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'An information literate person recognises when information is needed and can locate, access, evaluate and apply that information.'
The Interim National Council for Information Literacy Advocacy , 2003
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