Information Literacy
Information literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to "recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information." - from the Association of College and Research Libraries.
Information Literacy skills for the Kentucky Graduate Profile
The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education facilitated the creation of the Kentucky Graduate Profile as a postsecondary learning framework. This effort seeks to guide higher education institutions to equip college graduates with 10 Essential Skills needed for workplace and personal success. Library and information literacy instruction specifically supports Essential Skill 10: Use Information for Decision Making.
American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Essential Learning Outcomes
Kentucky's Statewide General Education Student Learning Outcomes are mapped to the American Association of Colleges and Universities' (AAC&U) Liberal Education for America's Promise (LEAP) Essential Learning Outcomes - as a guiding vision and national benchmarks for college learning and liberal education in the 21st Century.
KCTCS General Education Competency Statements and General Education Requirements that pertain to information literacy include:
- Intellectual and practical skills, including
- inquiry and analysis,
- critical and creative thinking,
- written and oral communication,
- quantitative literacy,
- information literacy,
- teamwork and problem solving
- Written Communication & Oral Communication: Find, analyze, evaluate, and cite pertinent primary and secondary sources, including academic databases, to prepare speeches and written texts.
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