Information Literacy And The Role Of Libraries

Information plays an important role in education. Now -a- days many difficulties are  arising to get the required information from vast collections, where information is available in different formats like in print and in electronic format. To get access to the required information and use that information properly students have to become information literate. Information literacy is a skill that is required for people to find the information, to retrieve the information, to analyse it and finally to use the required information. Information literacy have become an important part in library environment. Information literacy is not only meant for teaching and learning but also to make users aware about the information sources to choose authentic information from various sources, to acknowledge the sources, to use citations etc. To do this libraries have to furnish with necessary information skills to function effectively and to meet the challenges of today's information age. This article discusses the concept of information literacy and the role of libraries in imparting information literacy. It also discusses information literacy types and provides some information literacy methods.