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    The document discusses the importance of information literacy as the "fourth R" alongside reading, writing, and arithmetic. It defines information literacy as the ability to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information. The document also addresses how information literacy should be systematically implemented throughout education programs using context-specific processes that may involve technology and be infused within curriculums at all levels.

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    IFORMATION LITERACY

    •Why do we need it?


    The Building Blocks of Learning

    •The Three “R’s” –reading , writing,


    arithmetic
    •The Fourth “R” - research
    Research = Information Literacy

    •As important as the other “R’s”


    •These skills need to be learned
    •They should not be seen as optional
    American Library Association 1989

    “To be information literate, a person must


    be able to recognise when information is
    needed and have the ability to locate,
    evaluate and use effectively the needed
    information”
    Implementation

    • Context specific
    • Processes used
    • Technology in the process?
    • Within the curriculum?
    Implementation

    Is information literacy
    systematically infused
    throughout [an] education
    program at all levels?
    This presentation based on a review of
    INFORMATION LITERACY TODAY
    Dr Mike Eisenberg
    Dean Emeritus
    University of Washington
    June 2009
    Viewed at
    http://uweoconnect.extn.washington.edu/publicmbeinfolit

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