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The Impact of Information Literacy in the Academic Education Environment
The Impact of Information Literacy in the Academic Education Environment

Author(s): Cristina Popescu, Agnes Terezia Erich
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Universitatea din Bucuresti, Colectivul de Stiinte ale Informarii si Documentarii
Keywords: academic library; information literacy; electronic environment; information strategy; information society

Summary/Abstract: Electronic environmental impact on all sectors of social and economic life infliuenced the academic training too. Thus, it is required to introduce in training, indifferent of specialty disciplines, a course of information literacy to develop theoretical knowledge and practical skills concerning the construction, processing and communication of information. The paper try to analyze what kind of methods and resources must be used in information literacy instruction provided by an academic library. We try to demonstrate that the information literacy instruction is very important for the academic users because it demonstrated the importance of all kind of information (traditional or on line) and how different kind of strategy concepts and models could increase effectiveness in this area of professional practice.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 150-161
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English