USER EDUCATION TO INFORMATION LITERACY: CHANGING ROLE OF LIS PROFESSIONALS

Information literacy (IL) programmes do a great deal more than tell how to use the Library. IL is vitally
tied to the strategic value and use of information. In the paper I focus on various definitions of IL, how it has
evolved from library user education, and the aims of various information literacy programmes. I emphasize that IL
is a signal skill for lifelong and flexible learning situations. I indicate the key role of librarians in IL and identify
some barriers to librarians’ effective involvement in and delivery of these programmes.