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Information Literacy in Postsecondary Education in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand
- portal: Libraries and the Academy
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 16, Number 1, January 2016
- pp. 11-31
- 10.1353/pla.2016.0003
- Article
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This comparison seeks to determine if the three documents addressing information literacy skills and competence developed by professional library associations for postsecondary education in four predominantly English-speaking countries—the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand—have similar or varying conceptions of information literacy. In a globalized society, postsecondary institutions not only prepare students to live and work within local, regional, or national contexts but also equip them to function in a global society. If conceptions of information literacy vary between countries, then graduates might not be well prepared to function successfully within this global society.