Overview of Information

Importance of Knowledge to Organization

Information Literacy

Good and Poor Information

Bad Information

Good Information

Concise- Must be understandable to those who use it, and must be able to absorbed quickly action

Relevant- Information must meet the user's proposes and needed

Accurate and complete- Must be accessible, with emphasis on the right information however it depends on the context itself

Timely- Information must be available when needed, within the timeframe desired by the user

Reduces uncertainty- Information must meet the user's requirement completely in order to reduce the unknown entity.

Not all there- Incomplete information and fail to provide a clear sense of the entirety of the problem

Irrelevant- Information is considered having a little value when it is too old or out of date and not meets the user requirement

Swamping- Too voluminous to allow sense to be made of it where the quality of information is much important compare to quantity

Unclear- Not well presented in a way it facilitate a decision

Tacit Knowledge

Explicit Knowledge

Unwritten, unspoken, and hidden knowledge held by human being, based on his or her emotion, experiences, insights, intuition, observations and internalized information

Articulated knowledge, expressed and recorded as words, numbers, codes, mathematical and scientific formulae, and musical notations

A Strategy for Using Literacy Skills

Impact of Information Literacy

Three Steps of Information Literacy Skills

Characteristics of Information Literate Person

Able to find information in variety formats

Able to find information in variety of sources

Able to find information within the sources

Considered to be personal, organizational and national resource of great value

Information often described as a commodity, which can be sold, exchanged, accumulated and stored, patented and owned and not depleted when it used

It will be most valuable when it is quickly and easily available and effectively organized

Incorporated selected information into their knowledge base

Use information effectively to learn, create new knowledge, solve problems and make decisions

Create opportunities for deep, meaningful learning throughout the students undergraduate education

Identify and determine the needs of information

Locate and retrieve sources of information

Understand the structure of information