Information Literacy Standards
Thursday, November 6th, 2008I’ve always found information literacy to be really interesting, not least because of its importance in being a good citizen of a democratic government and making wise decisions. Without knowing how to judge sources on their reliability and bias and critically analyze them, all information is useless.
So it is no surprise that the first program I chose to go to at the NYLA Conference in Saratoga Springs was called 21st Century Information Literacy Standards for Digital Learners of New York. The presenter was Fran Roscello, of Roscello Associates Information Literacy Consultants and the co-chair of the NYLA Information Literacy Task Force. (more…)