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The information literate student:
- recognizes when information is needed
- identifies appropriate types of information
- locates, evaluates and uses information effectively
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Students have achieved "Information Literacy"
when they are able to:
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| Recognize the value
of information |
- Recognizes the need for information in personal, work and
academic settings
- Recognizes the value of information in society at large.
Student is aware of the ethical issues, such as information
access, copyright and the responsibility to properly credit
information sources
- Appreciates that the skills gained in information competence
enable lifelong learning
- Recognizes the value of being able to use information effectively
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Explore information needs
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- Ability to define information need
- Ability to concisely articulate and formulate a search
question
- Can identify sub topics while researching
- Ability to identify potential and appropriate information
providers and resources
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| Understand information
structures |
- Understands and uses electronic communication
- Understands how library collections, databases and/or the
Internet are organized, indexed, classified and accessed for
academic research
- Understands and uses library catalogs
- Understands and uses Web browsers and Internet search engines
- Understands and uses periodical indexes (also known as article
databases)
- Understands and uses other reference print and electronic
resources
- Can identify differences between scholarly and popular information
- Understands library services, particularly the role of the
Reference librarian
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Search effectively
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- Can prioritize sources to organize searches effectively
and efficiently
- Uses appropriate thesauri and other tools to identify controlled
vocabulary to search for information needed
- Can use broader, narrower and related vocabulary terms effectively
- Understands and uses Boolean logic and truncation
- Can recognize when he/she has sufficient information
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Locate and retrieve information sources
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- Interprets bibliographic citations and Internet equivalents
and knows how to obtain cited items
- Uses interlibrary loan, document delivery, or other means
to obtain material not available locally
- Understands access and institutional ownership and licensing
issues
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| Critically evaluate
information |
- Uses criteria including authority, accuracy, objectivity,
currency, coverage, organization, purpose
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The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
published the Information
Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education in 2000. These
standards, performance Indicators, and outcomes provide a basis for our
competencies and for improving information literacy instruction across
the WSU curriculum and across the country. Weber State University uses
ACRL's standards to develop, asses and continually improve our information
literacy programs, activities and partnerships.
WSU students are required
to achieve these competencies as part
D of the WSU Computer and Information Literacy Requirement.
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