On Informania, Monday, October 22, from 9:00-10:00am, Deb the Librarian interviewed Shawnalee Whitney, UAA Professor of Communication and Discourse Studies, about Information Literacy.
Information literacy is the ability to know when you need information, how to find information, how to evaluate the information and how to apply it effectively and ethically. Plus, remember, information is created! When you do research and write your essay, you are adding to that body of knowledge we call information!
More detail about information literacy in higher education can be found at the Association of College and Research Libraries’ web site: Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
On September 11, 2012, Governor Sean Parnell signed Proclamation declaring October 2012 as Information Literacy Month in Alaska! View it here: October 2012 Information Literacy Month Proclamation for Alaska
Mayor Dan Sullivan declares October 2012 as Information Literacy Month in Anchorage! Information Literacy Month Proclamation for Anchorage
Books mentioned during this Informania show:
Historical information about information literacy came from: Information Literacy: Essential skills for the information age, by Michael B. Eisenberg, Carrie A. Lowe, Kathleen L. Spitzer AND The analogy about research as the conversation on a topic that you contribute to when you write your paper came from:
They say / I say : the moves that matter in academic writing by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein
Information Literacy Assessment anyone?
Professor of Psychology Jon Mueller of North Central College, and author of the Authentic Assessment Toolbox, has conveniently collected Assessments of Information Literacy Available Online and posted them at infolitassessments.htm. Professor Mueller’s background can be found at: http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu.