Information Literacy Toolkit for Faculty

Definition adopted 2018:

“Information literacy is the ability to think critically and make balanced judgements about any information we find and use. It empowers us as citizens to reach and express informed views and to engage fully with society.”

The Eight Competencies / Understandings of Information Literacy

To be information literate a person must know/understand:

• a need for information
• the resources available
• how to find information
• need to evaluate results
• how to work with or exploit results
• ethics and responsibility of use
• how to communicate or share your finding
• how to manage your findings