Information Literacy

Encompasses Web sites relating to the concept of an individual's ability to locate, evaluate, and recognize the need for information and its subsequent effective use.

• ACRL's Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
  http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/informationliteracycompetency.htm
• Directory of Online Resources for Information Literacy
  http://bulldogs.tlu.edu/mdibble/doril/
  A comprehensive guide to Internet resources on the concept of information literacy.
• Information Literacy Sites: Background and Ideas for Program Planning and Development.
  http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues1999/february4/informationliteracy.htm
  A compilation of Internet resources related to information literacy from C&RL News, February 1999.
• Information Literacy in a Nutshell: Basic Information for Academic Administrators and Faculty
  http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/acrlinfolit/infolitoverview/infolitforfac/infolitfaculty.htm
  From ACRL's Institute for Information Literacy.
• Information Literacy: Supporting a Community of Learning.
  http://www.bucknell.edu/isr/Support_for_Teaching/Information_Literacy.html
  Bucknell University provides a diverse jump-station of InfoLitLinks.

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