Information literacy is the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning - more fully described in the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education - https://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework.
UIW Librarians teach information literacy competencies to aid with finding, retrieving, analyzing, and applying information to a defined purpose that is appropriately scaffolded to the level of the learner. Librarians work in partnership with faculty to build co-curricular learning opportunities that may focus on discipline-specific information, may be focused on the level of the learner, or focus on the specifics of certain metaliteracy to meet the learning support needs of the assignment/course/program.
Metaliteracy includes:
· Generative Artificial Intelligence literacy
· Data literacy
· Media literacy (including social media)
· Financial literacy
· Digital literacy
· Cultural literacy
· Health literacy