National standards for Information Literacy*
(a selected list)
Information Finding Skills
- Student identifies appropriate investigative methods
- Student constructs and implements effective search strategies
- Student retrieves information using a variety of methods
Critical Thinking Skills
- Student explores ideas and is able to summarize them
- Student applies criteria for evaluating both the information and its sources
- Student synthesizes main ideas to construct new concepts
- Student compares new knowledge with prior knowledge to determine the value added
Social Responsibility
- Student determines whether the new knowledge has an impact on the individual's value system
- Student validates understanding and interpretation of information through discourse with other people
- Student understands many of the ethical, legal, and social issues surrounding information access and uses information ethically and legally
* Approved by the Association of College and Research Libraries and by the American Association for Higher Education in 2000.
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