The article by Martin De Saulles "Information Literacy amongst UK-SMEs" Aslib Proceedings : New Information Perspectives 59 (1) 68-79 tells of a survey of UK SMEs and how important it is to these companies! Also how much money may be wasted by these companies having employees who are not Information Literate!
We Librarians use the term "Information Literacy" for recognising when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, organise and use information effectively, as well as the abilities to create, package and present information effectively to the intended audience. Sometimes this has been confused with literature searching, learning to learn, information skills or IT skills.
In fact Information Literacy is exactly what Alan, I and the Academic Liaison Librarians at UB are about!! We want to make your students information literate because it will not only help them get a better degree here but it's also essential in the workplace!!
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