Information Literacy is the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information.
Chesapeake's Information Literacy Competency
Information Literacy Assignments and Assessments
Information Literacy in the Curriculum
A guide for faculty
"Several skills, collectively referred to as "Information
Literacy"apply
to all disciplines in an institution's curricula. These skills relate to a
student's competency in acquiring and processing information in the
search for understanding...therefore, Information Literacy is an
essential component of any educational program at the graduate or
undergraduate levels. (Characteristics of Excellence in Higher Ed
Standard 11, MSCHE, 2006.