Title: Information Literacy: A Neglected Core Competency
Author: Sharon A. Weiner
Source: EDUCAUSE Quarterly, EQ Volume 33 (2010) » Volume 33, Number 1, 2010
Publisher: EDUCAUSE
Date (published): 2010
Date (accessed): 08/03/2010
Type of information: article
Language: English
On-line access: yes (HTML)
Abstract:
Researchers at the Information School at the University of Washington released an important and thought-provoking report in late 2009: "Lessons Learned: How College Students Seek Information in the Digital Age."1 The study confirms and expands on the results of other reports. Its particular value is the size of the population studied, the diversity of institutions represented, and the use of both a survey and follow-up interviews for data collection.

The findings are troubling.