Informatievaardigheden

Doug Belshaw over de geschiedenis en de vraagstukken rond informatievaardigheden, waarbij deze vaardigheden als volgt gedefinieerd worden:

[I]nformation literacy is a way of thinking rather than a set of skills… It is a matrix of critical and reflective capacities, as well as disciplined creative thought, that impels the student to range widely through the information environment… When sustained through a supportive learning environment at course, program or institutional level, information literacy can become a dispositional habit… a “habit of mind” that seeks ongoing improvement and self-discipline in inquiry, research and integration of knowledge from varied sources. (Center for Intellectual Property in the Digital Environment, 2005:viii-ix)

In The History of "New Literacies plaatst Belshaw de verschillende vormen van informatievaardighden (visual-, technology-, computer en ICT literacy) in perspectief.