The October 17, 2006 online edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education sports an article about the lack of information skills among college and college-bound students. Students Lack ‘Information Literacy,’ Testing Service’s Study Finds (access to the full text should work if you are on campus) relates the results from a study by Educational Testing Service (ETS) using a test designed to measure students’ information literacy and computer savvy.
How can the Library help? I can visit classes on instructor’s request to teach how the use the various sources of information. Drop-in sessions on article databases searching and web sources evaluation are also in the works for November and December.