Summary
In this section we have introduced you to the ‘Information skills for researchers’ website and the concept of information literacy. The usefulness and transferability of IL skills have been discussed.
References
American Library Association (1989), Presidential Committee on Information Literacy: Final Report, Chicago, American Library Association; also available online at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/whitepapers/presidential.cfm (Accessed 17 February 2009).
Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) (undated) Investing in Staff i-Skills, Bristol, Joint Information Systems Committee; also available online at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/JISC-SISS-Investing-v1-09.pdf (Accessed 7 December 2008).
Research Councils/Arts and Humanities Research Board (2005) 'Joint statement of the Research Councils'/AHRB's skills training requirements for research students' [online], http://www.vitae.ac.uk/cms/files/RCUK-Joint-Skills-Statement-2001.pdf (Accessed 3 September 2010).