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| Definitions, Standards, and Competencies Related to Information Literacy | ||
| Information literacy refers to a constellation of skills revolving around information research and use. According to the Final Report of the American Library Association Presidential Committee on Information Literacy (1989), the information literate person is, "able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use it effectively." |
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| Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Literacy is "using digital technology, communications tools, and/or networks to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, and create information in order to function in a knowledge society." Digital transformation: A framework for ICT literacy, 2002. Read More >> Financial Literacy is "the ability to read, analyze, manage and communicate about the personal financial conditions that affect material well-being. It includes the ability to discern financial choices, discuss money and financial issues without (or despite) discomfort, plan for the future, and respond competently to life events that affect everyday financial decisions, including events in the general economy." Vitt, LA, et al. Personal finance and the rush to competence: Financial literacy education in the U.S, 2000. Read More >> Health Literacy is "the degree to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand the basic health information and services they need to make appropriate health decisions" Health literacy: A prescription to end confusion. Institute of Medicine Report Brief, 2004. Read More>> Scientific Literacy includes "an understanding of basic scientific concepts and constructs.an understanding of the nature and process of scientific inquiry; and a pattern of regular information consumption about scientific topics and developments." Miller, JD. Civic Scientific Literacy: A Necessity in the 21st Century. FAS Public Interest Report 2002, 55(1), 3-6. Technology Literacy involves: . "demystifying technology through conceptual understandings of the underlying science and mathematics principles . operational competence with modern technology systems . the ability to evaluate and use a variety of common technology applications . the ability to innovate and invent ways of applying technology in challenging new situations . an awareness of technology-related careers and of factors critical to success in those careers . understanding of and sensitivity to societal issues related to technology. Modern technologies rely on digital representation of information. They use mathematical and logical operations on these representations to access, create, manage, and communicate information. Information is accessed from a vast array of sources and is stored in a variety of formats and on a variety of media.Technology literacy that we require as a nation and as individuals involves conceptualization, engineering, production and testing." Thomas & Knezek. Technology Literacy for the Nation and for Its Citizens, 1995. Read More>> Visual Literacy is "a group of vision-competencies a human being can develop by seeing and at the same time having and integrating other sensory experiences...When developed, they enable a visually literate person to discriminate and interpret the visible actions, objects, symbols, natural or man-made, that he encounters in his environment." What is visual literacy?" International Visual Literacy Association |
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For Students: The Nine Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning. From the American Association of School Librarians and Association for Educational Communications Technology. For Higher Education: Information Literacy Competency Standardsfor Higher Education. From the Association of College and Research Libraries. |
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