Abstract

URIBE TIRADO, Alejandro. Levels of development of information literacy in Mexican universities as gauged by an examination of training programs posted on university websites. Investig. bibl [online]. 2012, vol.26, n.58, pp.121-151. ISSN 2448-8321.

Information literacy, or information skills, understood as information competency training, is a key challenge of university libraries as it relates to the ability provided by digital media to access vast information resources and the user public's need to understand and apply best practices in selection and evaluation of information in order to retrieve the most relevant and highest quality information. This study shows that Ibero-American university libraries (Latin-America, Spain and Portugal) have been gradually incorporating training such through the library itself or through collaborative curricula approaches. By examining Mexican university library website contents on core information training, this study assesses the level of information literacy and competency training offered by each university.

Keywords : Information literacy; Information competencies; University libraries; México; Content analysis; Web sites.

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