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The Modulation and Enlightenment of Information Literacy Standard in UK Universities——Interpretation of the New Edition of Seven Pillars of Information Literacy
Received date: 2012-09-11
Revised date: 2012-11-29
Online published: 2013-01-20
The Seven Pillars of Information Literacy established by Britain SCONUL is one of the most influential information literacy standards around the world. Firstly, this paper presents a brief introduction of its development and the contents of its new edition. Then it analyzes the new academic situations that the British universities face, and the related improvement of this standard on the transferable skills, academic skills, embedded teaching, academic ecology and visual effects areas, in order to provide a new perspective for the study of information literacy in Chinese universities.
Key words： United Kingdoms; information literacy; standard; library; university
Yang Helin . The Modulation and Enlightenment of Information Literacy Standard in UK Universities——Interpretation of the New Edition of Seven Pillars of Information Literacy[J]. Library and Information Service, 2013 , 57(02) : 143 -148 . DOI: 10.7536/j.issn.0252-3116.2013.02.027
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