Monday, February 12, 2007

Resources for Information Literacy


What skills are typically associated with the person who is considered "information literate"?

A posting from Stauffer Library at Queen's University helps us with this question.

Here's an important excerpt:

...we can think of information literacy as contributing towards personal empowerment and our freedom to learn. When you know how to find and apply information you can teach yourself what you need to learn and essentially you have learned ...

Do read through the discussion, then consider the practice activity below. It's challenging!

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