A Variety of Perspectives

      Various aspects of the term information literacy may be emphasized by different people, or even by the same person in different contexts.

      For an overview of various ways of defining information literacy, see Christine Bruce's "Seven Faces of Information Literacy in Higher Education." Her research explores the ways in which educators describe the concepts of:

      For ideas about what an information literacy curriculum might include, see Jeremy J. Shapiro and Shelley K. Hughes' "Information Literacy as a Liberal Art." (Educom Review, 31.2 March/April 1996.) They also identify seven different dimensions to information literacy:

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