Best Practices in Information Literacy

Author First name, Last name, Institution

Fiona Hunt, Zayed University
Jane Birks, Zayed University

Document Type

Article

Source of Publication

Portal

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Abstract

The authors discuss the application of the Association of College and Research Libraries' (ACRL) "Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices: A Guideline" to develop a successful post-secondary information literacy program. Drawing on personal experience and the literature, they examine several of the key characteristics with the intention of raising questions and exploring issues. ACRL recognized their work with information literacy at Zayed University, UAE, selecting it as one of the ten institutions in the world demonstrating best practices.

DOI Link

10.1353/pla.2004.0010

ISSN

1530-7131

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Volume

4

Issue

1

First Page

27

Last Page

39

Disciplines

Library and Information Science

Scopus ID

2342629985

Recommended Citation

Hunt, Fiona and Birks, Jane, "Best Practices in Information Literacy" (2004). All Works. 675.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/675

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

no