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Information literacy and the music library.

Publication: Notes
Publication Date: 01-MAR-04 		Format: Online - approximately 907 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Over the past two decades we have experienced an information explosion coupled with leaping advances in technology which have provided broader access to various information resources. The challenge posed by broader access and proliferation of information is to find and utilize that information wisely and efficiently. Librarians have been at the forefront of identifying the importance of information access and usage, researching and advocating for processes by which the associated skills can be taught and learned. This vested interest has taken on new importance in the information age. The area which used to be termed bibliographic instruction, library education, or user education has broadened into a more comprehensive discipline distinguished by the term "information literacy."

Information literacy experts use the term to describe the comprehensiveness of what we do in libraries, including library tours, reference,...

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