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Bazhouni
M |
Original Research Article The Essence of Information: Information Literacy among College Students |
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Dr. Maya Bazhouni |
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Department of
English Language / Lebanese University, Lebanon |
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Abstract |
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The process of
finding and applying knowledge has become more complex today
than before. With the current advancement in scientific inquiry
and information technology, there is a great need for college
students to obtain and use information literacy skills. The
college learning experience exposes them to a lot of information
that gives them insight into different perspectives thereby
assisting them to develop their cognitive skills. It is expected
that through this exposure, students will develop their
information literacy competencies because they are always
learning and practicing what they learn. However, are students
able to make out what information is required to solve problems
or answer inquiries? Are they able to locate, critically analyze
and appropriately apply the information they have sourced to
answer topic questions? This paper evaluates the information
literacy level of college students by closely examining texts
and studies done by scholars of information literacy. The study
will include a systematic review of the literature and the
analysis of a study conducted by Project Information Literacy (PIL)
on college students, regarding information literacy. The study
of the literature revealed students’ ability to find relevant
information, evaluate and use it is limited. The results
indicated below average information literacy among the
interviewed students. The reason for this was that students were
not being trained much after the initial orientation of
information literacy at the beginning of their college
education. The results indicated a need to integrate information
literacy techniques into college curriculum for the development
of students’ learning process and in order to equip them with
the skills to research in an academic setting.
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