“I need some information!” “Sam, this is Information Retrieval,not Information Dispersal.” (from the movie Brazil)
This section deals with the question of evaluating information once you have found it. How can you judge the credibility of information? What is information literacy and why is it important?
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Focussing in on information literacy.
The ‘official’ view, and links to IT skills and plagiarism.
Podcast 3B: Information literacy competency
Information literacy competency standards
Catts & Lau: Towards Information Literacy Indicators
UNESCO page on Information & Communication
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