The importance of Information Literacy in Higher Education

1. Information Literacy Workshop:
Finding Information and knowing how to use
it.
Mr. Aziz El Hassani, Multimedia Librarian
a.elhassani@aui.ma
Sept 11, 2017

2. Outline
1. Workshop objectives
2. Understanding Information Literacy and its
importance in higher education
3. IL Skills
4. ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for
Higher Education
5. What does it mean to be an Information Literate in
contemporary world

3. Information Literacy
Before we can understand
Information Literacy!
We have to understand what
information is or at least
try!

4. Information Literacy
Information is a difficult
thing to define! Yet we
know what it is because we
are flooded with it
everyday.

5. Information Literacy
If you think about what
information is at the most
basic level it is easy to see how
we use it and need it and get it
every day all the time

6. Information Literacy
here you are now at AUI
campus at the beginning of a
new Fall semester. How did you
start your Fall session?

7. Information Literacy
well you needed certain
information at the simplest
directional level you needed to
know where the class is held at
what time on what days probably
something like your advisor OR
Enrollment Services gave you this
information.

8. Information Obesity
Andrew Whitworth: “Mass production
has given us easy access to very large
stocks of information. Finding
information is no longer the problem,
but being discriminating, filtering it
out, and managing it is difficult.
Quantity rises, but quality and
balance drop.”
Andrew Whitworth ( School of Education, University of Manchester, UK)
https://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/drew.whitworth/
Reference:
Information Obesity: home page. (n.d.). Retrieved September 7, 2017, from
://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/drew.whitworth/informationobesity/index.html

9. Changing distinctions of Information Literacy
Bibliographical Instruction
Teaching methods involve lecture,
demonstration, emphasis on
presenter!....
Old method : Talk at you
Information Literacy
Teaching methods involve
creating learning spaces where librarians
and faculty function as coaches or guides
New method : we want to work with you!!!

10. Information Literacy Defined
"To be information literate, a
person must be able to
recognize when information is
needed and have the ability to
locate, evaluate, and use
effectively the needed
information."
(ALA, Presidential Committee on Information Literacy:
Final Report)

11. IL Skills

12. ACRL Information Literacy Competency
Standards for Higher Education
Information Literacy
Competency
Standards.

13. “Standard One” in ALA, Information Competency
Standards for Higher Education
You can:
Identify what
kind of
information you
need and how
much
("Standard One" in ALA, Information Competency Standards
for Higher Education
Source: https://flic.kr/p/f9TfFD

14. “Standard Two” in ALA, Information Literacy
Competency Standards for Higher Education
You can:
Quickly find the
information
you’re looking
for("Standard Two" in ALA, Information Competency Standards
for Higher Education
Source: https://flic.kr/p/f9TfFD

15. "Standard Three" in ALA, Information Literacy
Competency Standards for Higher Education
You can:
evaluate the
quality of the
information you
find
("Standard Three" in ALA, Information Literacy Competency
Standards for Higher Education)Source: https://flic.kr/p/f9TfFD

16. "Standard Four" in ALA, Information Literacy
Competency Standards for Higher Education
You can:
Use it to
increase your
knowledge
("Standard Four" in ALA, Information Literacy Competency
Standards for Higher Education)
Source: https://flic.kr/p/f9TfFD

17. “Standard Five" in ALA, Information Literacy
Competency Standards in Higher Education
You can:
Communicate
what you have
learned to
others
"Standard Five" in ALA, Information Literacy Competency
Standards in Higher Education)
Source: https://flic.kr/p/f9TfFDSource: https://flic.kr/p/f9TfFD

18. "Standard Six" in ALA, Information Literacy
Competency Standards for Higher Education
You can:
Give credit
where credit is
due
("Standard Six" in ALA, Information Literacy Competency
Standards for Higher Education)

19. An information literate individual is able to:
Determine the extent of information needed
Access the needed information effectively and efficiently
Evaluate information and its sources critically
Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge
base
Use information effectively to accomplish a specific
purpose
Understand the economic, legal, and social issues
surrounding the use of information, and access and use
information ethically and legally

20. Thank you
Mohammed VI Library
September 11, 2017
Information Literacy Workshop: Finding Information and
knowing how to use it.