Teaching   Information   Literacy   Skills


          Purpose / Goal:

        • getting students ready for the 21st century
        • developing students as independent learners
        • moving beyond a one-time instruction - providing lectures
          designed to lifelong learning = skills for life
        • Integrating creatively media

          Involves::

        • finding information
        • using / interpreting / analyzing information
        • citing / documenting information

          Information can be:

        • print [ = hard copy ]
        • online [ = digital ]
        • Internet

          Information Sources:

        • periodicals / journals / magazines / newspapers
        • images
        • multimedia

      Wolfhard Touchard, M. L. S. - Retired Reference & Database Librarian
      Andrews University - September 2012