Title

Beyond Reading and Writing: Information Literacy in Higher Education for Lifelong Success

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Marta A. Mercado-Sierra, Texas A & M University - CommerceFollow
Sarah H. Northam, Texas A & M University - CommerceFollow

Publication Title

Texas Journal of Literacy Education

Document Type

Article

Abstract/Description

Information Literacy is critical to finding, evaluating, using, and creating information. It also influences how we navigate daily life, workplace environments, and civic participation. Several Information Literacy standards state that it is a human right. Everyone should have access to the necessary tools to develop their information literacy skills. We argue that students transitioning from high school to college are not college prepared for practicing information literacy. Faculty and Librarians both undertake the work to teach information literacy. Still, it would be more effective for Faculty-Librarian partnerships to utilize strengths in their discipline areas to teach information literacy skills.

Department

Social Work

Department

Library

First Page

46

Last Page

58

Volume

10

Issue

1

ISSN

2374-7404

Date

Spring 2023

Comments

"Beyond Reading and Writing: Information Literacy in Higher Education for Lifelong Success" was published in Texas Journal of Literacy in Higher Education 10(1), Spring 2023.

Citation Information

Mercado-Sierra, Marta A. and Northam, Sarah H., "Beyond Reading and Writing: Information Literacy in Higher Education for Lifelong Success" (2023). Faculty Publications. 9.
https://digitalcommons.tamuc.edu/educ-faculty-publications/9