ECU Library:

Information Literacy Programs at the Library

ECU Library aims to provide an information literacy program that supports the teaching, learning and research needs of students and staff. ECU has a diverse population of primary and secondary clients. The library recognises these differences and aims to offer a flexible information literacy program, incorporating different learning styles and providing for different levels of need.

The Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL), in its Information Literacy Standards document, defines information literacy as:

“an understanding and set of abilities enabling individuals to ‘recognise when information is needed and have the capacity to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information’. An information literate person is able to:

• recognise a need for information
• determine the extent of information needed
• access the needed information efficiently
• evaluate the information and its sources
• incorporate selected information into their knowledge base
• use information effectively to accomplish a purpose
• understand economic, legal, social and cultural issues in the use of information
• access and use information ethically and legally
• classify, store, manipulate and redraft information collected or generated
• recognise information literacy as a prerequisite for lifelong learning"

Library Information Literacy at ECU