Information Literacy: Undervalued or Ubiquitous? | Peer to Peer Review - 0 views
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Slightly under a third of academic libraries report that information literacy is included in an institutional mission or strategic plan, the same percentage as in 2004
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that libraries are increasingly identified not as a shared cultural resource, but as the office that pays bills for individuals' immediate information needs.
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Nor should it be seen as primarily a library concern. In my experience, faculty admire librarians' know-how, but feel this thing we call information literacy—the ability to frame a question, seek information, make informed choices among sources, and use them effectively—is their job.
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