Abstract

As we continue to revise our formal definitions of "information literacy" and to hone our delivery of information literacy across higher education, have we failed to see that information literacy as a programmatic aim, for all of its successes to date, is no longer relevant? The essay charts how the institutionalization of information literacy arose naturally from the first calls in the 1970s to create a national program in support of an information-literate population--and how that focus became single-minded even as what had once taken place only in research contexts became the activity of our daily lives.

Citation

Cowan, S.M. (2014). Information Literacy: The Battle We Won That We Lost?. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 14(1), 23-32. Retrieved August 7, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/156828/.

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Keywords

• academic libraries
• Academic Standards
• Alignment (Education)
• Critical Thinking
• Educational Change
• educational development
• higher education
• Influence of Technology
• information literacy
• Information Seeking
• Intellectual History
• Program Implementation
• Relevance (Education)
• trend analysis