What is information literacy?
"Information literacy is the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning"
("Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education", American Library Association, February 9, 2015. http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework (Accessed July 5, 2022) Document ID: b910a6c4-6c8a-0d44-7dbc-a5dcbd509e3f )
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has defined a set of information literacy threshold concepts that serve as a framework for teaching information literacy skills:
1. Authority is constructed and contextual
2. Information creation as a process