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Definition: Information Literacy from Dictionary of Information Science and Technology

the degree to which an individual can find, use, and understand information from a variety of sources (Dunn, 2010a)

Information Literacy

From Encyclopedia of Distance Learning
INTRODUCTION: INFORMATION LITERACY The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education defines information literacy as the ability to recognize the need for information, and be able to locate, evaluate, and use the information effectively (2000, p. 2). Information literacy is essential in the creation of lifelong learners ( Wallis, 2005 , p. 221). Educators struggle continually to ensure that students are not only able to successfully navigate through the plethora of information available, but that they are able to think critically about information, and put it to use in all aspects of their lives. Information literacy skills instruction can serve as a method to help meet this goal. However, in order to provide information literacy instruction it is necessary to fully understand the concept and all it entails, including how it can be implemented and the benefits it offers to students, educators, and higher education…
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Full text Article Libraries

From The SAGE Encyclopedia of Higher Education
Libraries are an evolving species. Their focus shifts with developments in society to offer resources that match the information outputs and demands of the age. Academic library missions vary within the educational institutions to which they are attached. Just as some higher education institutions…
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Librarians—whether public, school, academic, or special—all seek to ensure that patrons who ask for help get accurate information. Given the care that librarians bring to this task, the recent explosion in unverified, unsourced, and sometimes completely untrue news has been discouraging, to say the…
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Full text Article Digital Literacy

From The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies
Digital literacy is synonymous with the centrality of digital technologies in everyday life and, more specifically, its implications for learning and media participation. The term encompasses a large number of more traditional literacies (such as new literacy, television literacy, and computer…
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Full text Article Learning and Media Literacy

From Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory
Mobile internet ; Social media ; Wikis ; Weblogs The advent of a multitude of digital sources has massively increased the scope and scale of information available to learners. Therefore, being media literate by having the ability to integrate, evaluate, and produce knowledge effectively from…
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Full text Article Validity

From World of Sociology, Gale
Validity refers to the extent to which measurements in social research accurately represent the qualities of the concepts or phenomena they claim to measure. The general concept of validity represents the “truthfulness” of any information. However, the concept of validity as it relates to social…
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Full text Article Introduction

From Milestone Documents in American History: Exploring the Primary Sources That Shaped America
The second edition of Milestone Documents in American History brings together 171 of the most significant primary source documents in U.S. history alongside context and analysis from scholars. This collection provides students and educators with an in-depth foundation for analyzing primary sources…
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Full text Article LITERACY

From The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Language Sciences
Prominent Research Frameworks Written symbolic codes of languages may be alphabetic, syllabic, morphosyllabic, (Perfetti 2003; Ho et al. 2007), or alphasyllabic (Mishra and Stainthrope 2007). In each case, children must first learn how the written code of their language embodies “spoken language…
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Full text Article Literacy

From Keywords for Children's Literature
In Keywords , the term “literacy” does not have an entry of its own. Instead, Raymond Williams (1976) traces its evolution from its fourteenth-century root, “literature.” For the first three hundred years of its life, “literature” was an all-purpose word referring sometimes to “being well-read,” and…
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Full text Article Kids may need more help finding answers to their questions in the information age (Nov. 2019)

From The Conversation: An Independent Source of Analysis from Academic Researchers
Kids may need more help finding answers to their questions in the information age
Children ask lots of questions. Even before children can put together words, they point at things that they want to learn about. Some are easy enough to answer – “What’s that animal?” or “Can I drink your beer?” Others like “What is God?” and “Why do people die?” are tougher. One study found that…
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School librarians hear the question all the time: Why do we need school libraries and school librarians when students have the internet? The perception is that a computer and Wi-Fi are all students need for their informational and recreational needs. Meanwhile, the number of school librarians in the…
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