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This 3 page paper discusses the importance of information literacy, providing examples and citing different authors. The essay comments on how information literacy might be obtained/learned. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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drives the market and the economy, which means it is those corporations and groups who have the greatest amount of information will succeed over those who have less information. It
is not just information per se that is important, the essential ingredient is the proper and appropriate use of information that will gain a competitive advantage in business and that
will lead to personal individual success. In 1989, the Presidential Committee on Information Literacy said the emergence of the Information Age resulted in the greatest challenges to the society
than had any other change (American Library Association, 2007). In that same year, "the Association of College and Research Libraries declared Information Literacy is a survival skill in the Information
Age. A survival skill" (Scholarship, Practice and Leadership, 2007). The Presidential Committee suggested there is so much information available that one challenge is to sift through it to obtain the
specific types of information one needs (American Library Association, 2007). Because information changes so rapidly and because information that is valid and true today may not be valid and true
tomorrow, it is essential for individuals, groups, corporations, organizations, etc. to be involved in ongoing lifelong learning in order to be "up-to-date" (American Library Association, 2007). This suggests that at
least certain individuals and organizations need to be reviewing the latest advances every day. This need expands to and incorporates advanced information technology. We all know that any computer we
purchase today is obsolete before we even take it out of its box. This is true for all information technology, even wireless phones. The speed of change in information
results in the need for our citizens to be information literate. To do so, we "must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate,
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