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Information Literacy Defined

According to the Association of College and Research Libraries "Information Literacy is the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information."  Information literate people are prepared for lifelong learning.  They "know how to learn because they know how knowledge is organized, how to find information and how to use information so that others can learn from them." 

The International Visual Literacy Association defines Visual Literacy as “...a group of vision-competencies a human being can develop by seeing and at the same time having and integrating other sensory experiences...."  When developed, these competencies enable a visually literate person to interpret visible actions, objects, and symbols and to communicate with others.

Information Literacy is the focal College-Wide Student Learning Outcome for 2007-2008.  Highline defines Information and Visual Literacy as, "the ability to assess the information requirements of complex projects, to identify potential textual, visual and electronic resources, to obtain the needed information, to interpret, evaluate, synthesize, organize, and use that information, regardless of format, while adhering strictly to the legal and ethical guidelines governing information access in today’s society."

Visual Literacy White Paper - A comprehensive view of visual literacy (Adobe System)

Directory of Online Resources for Information Literacy

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last updated 11 Sep 2007