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Information Literacy for First Year Students: Lesson 3: Why is information literacy important?

Information Literacy Programme for first year students. Start with "Home" and finish with "Unit 7: Information Identity" Assistance to enrol, click here Blackboard user

Why is information literacy important?

  • Information overload, information explosion, and information anxiety are all terms used to describe the inability to cope with the abundance and rapid growth of information.
  • Information literacy skills equip students to deal with information overload.
  • These skills are transferable from classroom to everyday life.

Video: What is information literacy?