Information Literacy is the ability to access, evaluate, and apply information from a variety of sources and in a variety of contexts. Please click on each piece of the Information Literacy puzzle to learn more.
Every day, we are faced with a multitude of choices in our academic, work, and personal lives as well as vast amounts of information that can easily overwhelm us and impede our decision-making abilities. Information Literacy equips us with the skills to recognize when we need information and to access, evaluate, and apply the best information for our purposes, thereby enabling us to sort through mountains of information and make informed decisions effectively and efficiently.
Faculty members who would like to discuss Information Literacy, talk to a librarian about IL assignments or get a library orientation for their class, can contact Adrienne Roush (aroush@ghc.edu ) or (360) 538-4053.
Development of the concepts expressed in this site would have been impossible without:
Seattle Central Community College: "Reflect-Learn-Connect: Information Literacy"
http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/cclib/Research_Help/rlcpuzzle.asp
ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency.cfmpan
Information Competency at Tacoma Community College
http://www.tacomacc.edu/library/about/informationcompetency.aspx
Information Literacy at Spokane Falls Community College
http://library.spokanefalls.edu/facultyServices/Literacy.htm
Mike Eisenberg's and Bob Berkowitz's “The Big 6”
http://www.big6.com/what-is-the-big6/
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