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Peabody Library Information Literacy Competencies
The purpose of the Peabody Library Instruction Program is to facilitate lifelong learning by enabling all Peabody College students to:
1: Identify and articulate needs which require information solutions
1.1: Focus and articulate the information need into a researchable question
1.2: Understand that the type of and amount of information selected is determined in part by the parameters of the need, as well as by the information available
2: Identify and select appropriate information sources
2.1: Identify types of information resources in a variety of formats (e.g., primary or secondary, books or periodicals, print or electronic) and understand their characteristics
2.2: Select types of information resources appropriate to a specific information need
3: Formulate and efficiently execute search strategies appropriate for the information resource
3.1: Select the search strategies appropriate to the topic and resource
3.2: Evaluate results, and if necessary further refine the search
4: Locate and retrieve relevant sources in a variety of formats from the global information environment
4.1: Use location information in the bibliographic record to retrieve locally owned resources
4.2: Use local resources to locate information sources in the global information environment
5: Critically evaluate the information retrieved
5.1: Use a variety of criteria, such as author's credentials, peer review, and reputation of the publisher, to assess the authority of the source
5.2: Assess the relevancy of a source to an information need by examining publication date, purpose, and intended audience
6: Organize, synthesize, integrate and apply the information
6.1: Use appropriate documentation style to cite all sources used
6.2: Synthesize the ideas and concepts from the information sources collected
7: Self-Assess the information seeking processes used
7.1: Describe the criteria used to make decisions and choices at each step of the particular process used
7.2: Understand that many of the components of an information seeking process are transferable and, therefore, are applicable to a variety of information needs
Developed by the Peabody Library Instruction Team on January 1, 2003.
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