Information Literacy

The ability to identify what information is needed, understand how the information is organized, identify the best sources of information for a given need, locate those sources, evaluate the sources critically, and share that information.

Factors, Forces, Connections, and Questions

  • Internet, world wide web, and too much information
  • Changing role of the professor when information is so ubiquitous
  • How is information collected and analyzed for research?
  • Liberal Arts are inherently about information literacy.  Liberal arts promote general knowledge and the ability to develop intellectual capacities, such as reasoning, judgment, critical thinking and problem solving.

References, Evidence, Support