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What is information literacy? Perhaps the simplest definition is that an information literate person has learned how to learn.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

In a perfect world …a person who is information literate understands how to find the information he\/she needs.\u00a0 An information literate person generally has developed a process or a strategy for finding information so that he\/she doesn’t waste time looking “in all the wrong places.”\u00a0 An information literate person has learned what strategies and what sources are dependable, and an information literate person is discerning, even slightly skeptical.\u00a0 It’s hard to dupe an information literate person because s\/he is the kind of person who can and does think for her\/himself.\u00a0 An information literate person considers different points of view and uses multiple sources of information to form an opinion.\u00a0 Finally, an information literate person plays fair; s\/he gives credit where credit is due.\u00a0 An information literate person cites information s\/he uses and handles information and others’ products in an ethical manner.<\/p>\n