Standard sulla competenza informativa per gli studi universitari

Questo documento è la traduzione italiana degli "Standard sulla competenza informativa per gli studi universitari" ("Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education") emanati dalla Association of College and Research Libraries dell'ALA. Per competenza informativa si intende quell'insieme di abilità che vengono richieste agli individui "per riconoscere quando è necessario reperire informazioni, e per essere capaci di localizzare, valutare e utilizzare efficacemente l'informazione necessaria". La competenza informativa sta diventando sempre più importante nell'attuale contesto di rapidi cambiamenti tecnologici e di continua proliferazione di risorse informative. La competenza informativa costituisce la base dell'educazione permanente: è comune a tutte le discipline, a tutti gli ambienti d'apprendimento, ad ogni livello d'istruzione; è ciò che pone in grado coloro che apprendono di padroneggiare i contenuti e di ampliare le proprie ricerche, di diventare più autonomi e di assumere il controllo sul proprio apprendimento

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The American Library Association (ALA) has initiated a process of defining the values of libraries. This process has influenced Christian librarians. For example, the Association of Christian Librarians (ACL) invited Michael Gorman, author of Our Enduring Values, to speak at its 2000 conference

Virtues or Values? Behind The Values Controversy

The American Library Association (ALA) has initiated a process of defining the values of libraries. This process has influenced Christian librarians. For example, the Association of Christian Librarians (ACL) invited Michael Gorman, author of Our Enduring Values, to speak at its 2000 conference

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Brochure for the Abraham Lincoln Association’s Abraham Lincoln Symposium on February 12th 1993

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