Monday, January 19, 2015

What is Information Literacy?

So, what is information literacy?

 According to the National Forum on Information Literacy:

 "Information Literacy is ... the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand."
So it is finding, deciphering, and using information.




Another definition (this time from our textbook):

"The adoption of appropriate information behavior to identify, through whatever channel or medium, information well fitted to information needs, leading to wise and ethical use of information in society." (pg. 6)

This describes a certain behavior, or habit of mind, necessary for "wise and ethical use" of information.

Questions:

1. Does information literacy only involve online information?

2. Why is this important for college students to understand?

3. Is this only relevant to your college careers? Yes or no?


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  1. UnknownJanuary 20, 2015 at 7:54 AM

    1. No because a lot of magazines or newspapers have their own agenda.
    2. College students need to make sure they are getting the most reliable information.
    3. No, we should make sure that what we look up no matter what the reason is coming from a reliable source.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2015 at 8:04 AM

    1) No it does not because you can also get information from other sources besides online, like newspapers, books, and magazines
    2) It is important because we need to know how to look up certain information that is reliable and to know when it is reliable
    3) No, out of school or job we should know how to look up certain things and know if it is reliable or not.

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  3. UnknownJanuary 20, 2015 at 8:07 AM

    1. No, online information is one way to obtain information but there are other way to do so. its mostly about being a good consumer of information.
    2. college student need to know that they can not believe everything they see. they should look at other website to conform there information.
    3. No, also in life we should make shore what we are looking at, is reliable information. a lot of things can happen if we believe the first thing we see.

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