Information Literacy is a very important issue to BCCC Libraries. In this space we will attempt to provide the college community with important information, resources, and links.

Information Literacy is most easily defined by the ACRL as "the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information."*

INFORMATION LITERACY DEFINITION: Learners in all situations receive and process information in many different ways. Therefore, information literacy is the finding of information in the myriad sources available to the learner, the learner’s evaluation of information as relevant, appropriate, and credible for the task at hand, and the learner’s ethical use of the new information. Ideally, classroom faculty and librarians collaborate to guide learners to these skills and strategies.

MISSION STATEMENT: The mission of the Bucks County Community College Library’s Information Literacy program is to collaborate with classroom faculty to teach students how to find, retrieve, evaluate, and use information ethically and efficiently for success in their courses and as lifelong learners.

*From the ACRL web site. See below for links to their very useful Information Literacy Web site.

It is very important to keep in mind that all information found on the Internet may not be accurate. Learn the basics of evaluating websites.

The Association of College and Research Libraries (a division of the American Library Association) maintains an Information Literacy Web site. This is a very useful resource for this topic.

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