"the contemporary library should not simply be a repository for information and a place for quiet contemplation, it should also be a dynamic gateway to information and as such provide an active laboratory for students and faculty to explore, investigate and retrieve information wherever it may be found: locally or virtually."
--Robin Angeley and Jeff Purdue in Information Literacy: An Overview
The Association of College and Research Libraries, part of the American Library Association, defines Information Literacy simply as "the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information." ACRL has also outlined 5 separate standards, including Know, Access, Evaluate, Use, and Ethical/Legal, as a means of helping educators and librarians teach and assess information literacy in the classroom.
Information Fluency, as defined by the ACS, includes not only those skills involved in information literacy, but the combination of computer skills, critical thinking skills, and infomration literacy skills as a whole.
Beginning in Fall of 2009, Everett Library is committed to promoting Information Fluency on the Queens University of Charlotte campus through library instruction and faculty support.
Everett Librarians
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