Information literacy in Colombia: report of the state of the art

ABSTRACT: This report has been developed following a number of strategies (methods and technical/research instruments), namely documentary research, web content analysis, qualitative fieldwork and online surveys. This research was conducted in two contexts: in university libraries, public library ne...

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Autores:
Uribe Tirado, Alejandro
Machett’s Penagos, Leonardo
Tipo de recurso:
Informe
Fecha de publicación:
2011
Institución:
Universidad de Antioquia
Repositorio:
Repositorio UdeA
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/12435
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/10495/12435
Palabra clave:
Information skills
Information literacy training
Librarian education
School libraries
Rights
openAccess
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Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 2.5 Colombia
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Summary:ABSTRACT: This report has been developed following a number of strategies (methods and technical/research instruments), namely documentary research, web content analysis, qualitative fieldwork and online surveys. This research was conducted in two contexts: in university libraries, public library networks and compensation funds libraries (mixed) and in research groups within the areas of information science, education and psychology in different cities. It focuses on the current state of information literacy in Colombia from the perspective of implementing educational programmes and projects at different types of libraries, educational levels as well as from the teaching and research perspectives. KEYWORDS: Information literacy training, information skills, university libraries, school libraries, public libraries, research groups, librarian education, Colombia