When an information seeker can search and locate relevant information and critically filter it for selection. 

Prospect for Information

When an information seeker can take the information/data and turn it into understanding or knowledge. 

Interpret the Information

An information literate person will be able to integrate the new knowledge from the information and use it to come up with new ideas. 

Create Ideas From Information

- prospect: being able to find information 
- interpret: understand and create new information from the information 
- create new ideas: evolve new points of view

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

San Jose State University

Information literacy refers to an individual's ability to identify an information need, then find, access, recover, evaluate, organize, and use the information 
To be information literate, one needs to have critical thinking, comprehension, and abstraction skills. 

Information Literacy 

Landøy, Ane & Popa, Daniela & Repanovici, Angela. (2020). Basic Concepts in Information Literacy. 10.1007/978-3-030-34258-6_3. 

Basic Concepts Information Literacy 

Instruction librarians teach users information literacy skills to process information efficiently and effectively.

Information Literacy Instruction (ILI) in Libraries

Assessing the value of a source by analyzing the authority, content, credibility, purpose, helpfulness, accuracy, etc. 

Evaluating Information

Employing various information environments (databases, libraries, internet), and utilizing the structure, tools, and keywords to search for sources that fill your information need.

Finding information

Instruction designed to teach information literacy skills to any given group of information users.

Information Literacy Instruction

Information Literacy Competencies

- Misinformation              
- Information Avoidance                                                
- Information Overload                             
- Plagiarism


Obstacles to Information Literacy

When it comes to the term illiteracy, the general consensus is to define it as a lack of the ability to read or inability to understand information. Information illiteracy is different from those definitions in that it is referencing areas of knowledge that a person might not be versed in. 

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