Go Ask the Freshmen: How Millenials Define Information Literacy and Their Own Skill Levels

Type of Presentation

Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)

Target Audience

Higher Education

Presenter Information

Don Latham, Florida State UniversityFollow
Melissa Gross, Florida State UniversityFollow

Location

Room 1005

Abstract

See presentation description.

Presentation Description

What is information literacy? Academic librarians have defined the concept through the criteria set forth in the Association of College and Research Libraries’ Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (2000). But what do college students think, and why should it matter to instructional/user services librarians? This presentation will describe the results of a study in which in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with college freshmen who were then given a standardized information literacy test.

Keywords

Freshmen, Information literacy

Publication Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

Recommended Citation

Latham, Don and Gross, Melissa, "Go Ask the Freshmen: How Millenials Define Information Literacy and Their Own Skill Levels" (2008). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 2.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2008/2008/2