Information Competency | Solano Community College Library

Information Competency at Solano College is defined as the ability to find, evaluate, use, and communicate information in all its various formats. a typewriter writing 'http: what?' It combines aspects of library literacy, research methods and technological literacy.

Information Competency includes consideration of the ethical and legal implications of information and requires the application of both critical thinking and communication skills.

The "Core Four"

Information Competency is part of the "Core Four" competencies for measuring student learning outcomes in general education and basic skills courses at SCC.

Information Competency is characterized in the Core Four as the ability to:

• State a research question, problem, or issue
• Select discipline appropriate information tools to locate and retrieve relevant information
• Use discipline appropriate information tools to locate and retrieve relevant information efficiently
• Analyze and evaluate information for appropriateness, relevance and accuracy
• Synthesize, evaluate and communicate information using a variety of information technologies
• Recognize the ethical and legal issues surrounding information and information technologies
• Demonstrate understanding of academic integrity and honesty
• Apply Information Competency skills to life long learning