Navigating Information Literacy in a Digital World 7/E Interactive ePUB

Navigating information literacy in a digital world, now in its seventh edition, has been updated to cover the information skills and topics needed for academic study, the workplace and everyday life. Against these backdrops, it emphasises the importance of being an ethical and digitally responsible citizen in the global community, especially in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI).

 

Being information literate is no longer a 'nice-to-have' skill, it is a skill essential to coping and succeeding in the 21st century. This interactive e-book therefore covers a range of areas to ensure that the reader can become digitally literate. These areas include information sources and resources, libraries and web portals, constructing a search query, searching the web, databases and online journals, organising and retrieving information on personal devices, ethical and fair use of information, the importance of referencing, evaluating information sources, information documentation and creation processes, and being information literate in an AI and GenAI world.

 

This edition has been designed with reader engagement in mind. Its key features include:

 

For the best user experience, we recommend using a desktop or laptop device to complete the interactive activities and learning simulations.

 

The authors, Professor Theo Bothma, Dr Erica Cosijn, Professor Ina Fourie and Dr Cecilia Penzhorn, are all current or previous faculty members of the Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. They all have vast experience in teaching many aspects of Information Science at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

 

Savannah Harvett and Anika Meyer, both lecturing staff in the Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria, assisted with updating some of the interactive activities, introductory chapter animations, and knowledge check exercises.