Information Literacy: the importance of

Information literacy is very important to today's learner, it can promote problem solving methods and thinking skills - ask questions, find answers, find information, form opinions. Contributors, self-confident individuals, and responsible citizens

It is at the heart of courses of excellence and literacy skills and covers learning experiences and results - responsibility of all practitioners

"Children and young people need to be able to not only read information but also to identify trust in information and to decide when and how people use it to persuade or influence them." Actual paper

They need to be able to identify not only school but also realistic and relevant things to learn, live and work.

Information literacy skills have existed in various forms for a long time and have created several frameworks and definitions both domestically and internationally.

"For all societies, information literacy is not only increasing the importance of literacy rate policies and strategies but also an important part of global policy for human development." Cultural Association

"Information literacy means when, why information is needed, where to find information, and how to evaluate, use and disseminate information in an ethical way." CILIP (2004) Definition of information literacy

Definition of information literacy is not limited to schools and applications, but it is also included in scientific problems such as the writing of research papers and directly in the workplace. Information literacy is also important for effective and enlightened citizens who may affect the lives of many people around the world. The ability to effectively use information technology to find and manage information, as well as critical assessment and ethical application of this information to solve the problem are part of individual literacy characteristics. Other characteristics of information literacy individuals are inquiring and perseverance to find the conditions necessary for the performance of work.

Information literacy is a series of functions that allow individuals to "recognize when information becomes necessary and effectively find, evaluate, and use necessary information". Information literacy is also becoming increasingly important in today's environment of rapid technological change and rapid increase of information resources. As the complexity of this environment continues to increase, individuals face rich choice of information in academic research, workplaces and personal lives. Access to information through the library, community resources, special interest groups, the media, the Internet - More information is passed on to individuals in unfiltered form and raises questions about its authenticity, validity and reliability . In addition, information is available on a variety of media such as graphics, hearing, text, etc., bringing new challenges for individuals to evaluate and understand.

The proposed thematic research is to outline the importance of information literacy and recommendations for the future. Specifically, we consider the importance of information literacy for individuals, companies, and citizenship. It presents an opportunity to develop information literacy to deal with school information age. - The articles chosen as the subject of this assignment are from the 68 th IFLA Council and Conference (18th - 24th August 2002). The presentation was presented by Chutima Sacchanad, "High Level Distance Student Information Literacy Education: An Important Role for Librarians." Mr. Sacchand's presentation focused on changes in distance education as technology changes and the role of librarians to assist students in distance education to cope with these changes