INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION LITERACY LIBR 250

Week 2

Jayati Chaudhuri

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Define information literacy How to locate, access, retrieve, evaluate, use

and communicate information effectively in school and in the workplace

What are challenges you may face

WHAT IS INFORMATION LITERACY

Recognize when information is needed

Have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information

COMPONENTS OF INFORMATION LITERACY

Define: Define the need, problem, or question

Find: Locate, access, and retrieve the information

Evaluate: Credibility, currency, reliability, validity, and appropriateness of the information

COMPONENTS OF INFORMATION LITERACY

Organize: Compile the information so it can be used to meet the information need, solve the problem, or answer the question

Communicate: Communicate the information legally and ethically

CRITICAL THINKING

Critical thinking employs skills that contribute to information literacy.

Infer Analyze Evaluate Interpret Explain Synthesize

CREATIVE THINKING

Rejecting standardized formats Multiple perspectives on a problem Have a future orientation Have self-confidence and trust

PROBLEM SOLVING

Define the problem Looking for possible causes Developing possible solutions Evaluating each possible solution to

determine the best one Implementing the best solution Evaluation the results

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

Successful students and professionals must be able to communicate information effectively to many different types of audiences and in a variety of situations.

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

To encode and send a message successfully, the communicator must develop the abilities to: Write well Organize information logically and coherently Speak in public Interact effectively with others Use visual elements in communicating an idea Use variety of technologies

STEPS IN EFFECTIVE RESEARCH

1. Define the need

2. Find the information

3. Evaluate the information

4. Organize the information

5. Communicate the information