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Knowledge and Information

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Knowledge and Information

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HANDOUT in Information Literacy

Information – (Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary) knowledge that a person get about someone or something. It can be
intelligence, news, data, or facts.
- According to William Pollard, a source of learning and is considered a benefit; but when unorganized,
unprocessed, and unavailable to people who will use it, information becomes burden.

Data – unconstructed facts and figures that create the least impact on the receiver (Thierauf, 1999)
*Data become information when they are contextualized, categorized, calculated, and condensed (Davenport and
Prusak, 2000)
*Information, therefore, is data organized with relevance and purpose, made meaningful by a person.

Knowledge – refers to the human understanding of a subject matter derived from experience, learning, and thinking.

Knowledge

Information

Data

The hierarchy among knowledge, information, and data


Information Literacy – set of abilities that enables an individual to recognize when information is needed; and
locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information (The Association of College and Research
Libraries,2000)
- Means to empower people in all walks of life to seek, evaluate, use and create information effectively to
achieve their personal, social, occupational and educational goals (Horton, 2007).
- The ability to find, evaluate, and use information effectively.
- It is all about critical thinking.

ETHICAL USE OF INFORMATION


1. PRIVACY
State of being alone or being away from public attention”
2. ACCURACY
Correctness of the information source to the detailed of the information.
3. PLAGIARISM
Use of words or ideas of another person as if they were your own words or ideas.
An act of fraud that involves stealing someone else’s work.

An information literate individual is able to:


✓ determine the extent of information needed;
✓ access the needed information effectively and efficiently;
✓ evaluate information and its sources critically;
✓ incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base;
✓ use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose;
✓ understand the economical, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information; and
✓ access and use information ethically and legally.
To be able to become an information literate individual, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
or CILIP (2012) suggested that information literacy skills require an understanding of the following:
• a need for information
• resources available
• how to find information
• the need to evaluate results
• how to work with or exploit results
• ethics and responsibility of use
• how to communicate or share your findings
• how to manage your findings

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