<table width="582"> <tr> <td class="bodytext" id="content"> <h3><strong>Lovejoy Library's Information Literacy Competencies for Students<br /></strong></h3> <p>Information or library literacy centers on four separate but interactive processes:</p> <ul> <li>Recognize how information is created and communicated;</li> <li>Understand how information is structured and organized;</li> <li>Access information using a number of access points and sources; and</li> <li>Retrieve a physical or electronic item from a collection.</li> </ul> <p>Conceptual Competencies</p> <p>Understand:</p> <ul> <li>the difference between information and knowledge.</li> <li>that the framework of knowledge is constantly shifting; information and knowledge in a discipline is a social construction, an ongoing dialogue among scholars.</li> <li>the basic organization of a library and the different types of access tools to a library's collections.</li> <li>the links among information centers the access points available through technology and reference sources.</li> <li>the differing information structures in the disciplines and the stages of growth of the literature and information within a discipline.</li> <li>the criteria used to evaluate information for its content, source, quality, and relevance.</li> <li>that there are a number of different research strategies and models that can be employed to structure a research project in each discipline.</li> <li>the basic structure of electronic databases and the strategies used to access this information.</li> <li>the conventions of scholarly research, such as proper citation and intellectual property rights.</li> </ul> <p>Recognize:</p> <ul> <li>the different levels, types, and formats of information and their appropriate uses.</li> </ul> <p>Develop:</p> <ul> <li>an awareness of the relevant issues affecting information access policy, such as copyright, privacy, privatization of government information electronic access to information, and the exponential growth to information.</li> </ul> </td> </tr></table>