Information literacy is a fundamental element of learning, scholarship, and research according to J. Secker & E. Coonan, as it defines the discerning scholar, informed citizen, and autonomous learner. A study in the US found that 45% of students showed no significant improvement in critical thinking, reasoning or writing after a four-year degree. Information literacy provides more effective learning, skills for lifelong learning, greater student engagement, employability and key transferable skills, as well as learning how to learn.

1. why
does
information
literacy
matter?
michelle dalton

2. “a continuum of skills, behaviours,
approaches& values that is so deeply
entwined with the uses of information as to be a
fundamental element of learning,
scholarship& research…
J. Secker & E. Coonan, ANCIL, 2011

3. ..it is the defining characteristic of the discerning
scholar, the informed& judiciouscitizen
& the autonomous learner”
J. Secker & E. Coonan, ANCIL, 2011

4. In a sample of 2,300 students in the US, 45%
demonstrated no significant
improvementin critical thinking, complex
reasoning & writing upon completion of a four year degree
R. Arum & J. Roksa, Academically Adrift, 2010

5. more
effective
learning

6. skills for
lifelong
learning

7. greater student
engagement

8. Employability
& key transferable skills

9. learning
how to
learn
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10. learning
how to
learn
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