There is no true difference between the two terms and can be used interchangeably. Historically library instruction or traditional bibliographic instruction provided instruction to library patrons on how to locate bibliographic information and information through available library resources including indexes and other research methods.
With the easy access to full text and varying qualities of information available through the intranet, the role of library instruction or information literacy has expanded to include the critical skills required to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information in the “Information Age”. In addition to the ability to locate information sources through improved online searching skills (defining search terms and advanced search features-AND/OR/NOT) and understanding databases, other information and internet sources (i.e. which database to use to answer different questions or the quality of results found in databases vs. online), users need to be able to evaluate the quality and reliability of information based on authority, currency and other evaluation standards.
I have included some links you can start exploring. Hope this helps.
Actually, there IS a difference between the terms “library instruction” and “information literacy,” though they are related. Library instruction, as dragonfl points out, used to be about teaching people to use the library. These days it has become more about information literacy instruction. Information literacy is the notion of knowing how to find, interpret, evaluate, and use information for its right purposes. Library instruction, these days, is all about teaching people to be information literate: to conduct better and more targeting information searches, and to evaluate the legitimacy and worth of the information they find.
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There is no true difference between the two terms and can be used interchangeably. Historically library instruction or traditional bibliographic instruction provided instruction to library patrons on how to locate bibliographic information and information through available library resources including indexes and other research methods.
With the easy access to full text and varying qualities of information available through the intranet, the role of library instruction or information literacy has expanded to include the critical skills required to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information in the “Information Age”. In addition to the ability to locate information sources through improved online searching skills (defining search terms and advanced search features-AND/OR/NOT) and understanding databases, other information and internet sources (i.e. which database to use to answer different questions or the quality of results found in databases vs. online), users need to be able to evaluate the quality and reliability of information based on authority, currency and other evaluation standards.
I have included some links you can start exploring. Hope this helps.
Actually, there IS a difference between the terms “library instruction” and “information literacy,” though they are related. Library instruction, as dragonfl points out, used to be about teaching people to use the library. These days it has become more about information literacy instruction. Information literacy is the notion of knowing how to find, interpret, evaluate, and use information for its right purposes. Library instruction, these days, is all about teaching people to be information literate: to conduct better and more targeting information searches, and to evaluate the legitimacy and worth of the information they find.
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