EDUCAUSE Review Articles, Information Literacy, and Information Discovery and Retrieval

As the second decade of the public Internet reveals a desire for immediate access to greater certitude, CIOs and other campus leaders have an opportunity to rethink how questions find answers that are good enough or quick enough for the context of need.

Students appear to be highly technologically competent yet their information literacy skills are in question. College and university executives should consider how to equip their students with information literacy - not just IT skills - for a lifelong ability to evaluate and address information needs.