Open AccessODI and information literacy: Personal information management in a world of information overload
Author(s) -
Stewart Kristine N.,
Basic Josipa,
Erdelez Sanda
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
proceedings of the american society for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1550-8390
pISSN - 0044-7870
DOI - 10.1002/meet.14504901260
Subject(s) - information literacy , information overload , group information management , personal information management , anticipation (artificial intelligence) , variety (cybernetics) , set (abstract data type) , internet privacy , information needs , computer science , information seeking , information system , information management , information technology , management information systems , world wide web , public relations , knowledge management , political science , information retrieval , law , artificial intelligence , programming language , operating system
The proposed poster poster presents findings of a case study involving undergraduate students enrolled in an information literacy course that were surveyed regarding their experiences managing information found online. While information literacy courses teach students to identify, seek, analyze, and use needed information, it does not prepare them to manage and store information encountered while