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Information Literacy Level

Assessment level SCQF Level 8 / SHE level 2, Dip HE, HND, SVQ 4

 

General skill

Using information literacy skills and competences effectively and ethically to independently undertake a piece of scholarly / academic research

 

Example of level of task

 

Specific skills[1] 

1. The ability to recognise a need for information 

 

2. The ability to distinguish ways in which the information ‘gap’ may be addressed: 

  • knowledge of appropriate kinds of resources, both print and non-print
  • selection of resources with ‘best fit’ for task at hand
  • the ability to understand the issues affecting accessibility of sources

 

3. The ability to construct strategies for locating information

  •  to articulate information need to match against resources
  • to develop a systematic method appropriate for the need
  • to understand the principles of construction and generation of  databases

 

 4. The ability to locate and access information

  • to develop appropriate searching techniques (e.g. use of Boolean)
  • to use communication and information technologies
  • to use appropriate indexing and abstracting services, citation indexes and databases
  • to use current awareness methods to keep up to date

 

 5. The ability to compare and evaluate information obtained from different sources

  • awareness of bias and authority issues
  • awareness of the peer review process of scholarly publishing
  • appropriate extraction of information matching the information need

 

6. The ability to organise, apply and communicate information to others in ways appropriate to the situation

  • to cite bibliographic references in project reports and theses
  • to construct a personal bibliographic system
  • to apply information to the problem at hand
  • to communicate effectively using appropriate medium
  • to understand issues of copyright and plagiarism

 

7. The ability to synthesise and build upon existing information, contributing to the creation of new knowledge  

Assessment level                                                                               

SCQF Level 8 / SHE level 2, Dip HE, HND, SVQ 4

 

[1] SCONUL Seven headline skills from the Seven Pillars Model for Information Literacy