Abstract

VALVERDE GRANDAL, Orietta; REYES ROSALES, Sol Ángel  and  ESPINOSA SARRIA, Eliecer. Processes of information literacy in higher education. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2012, vol.11, n.4, pp. 537-545. ISSN 1729-519X.

Introduction:traditional learning processes have undergone important transformations in today's information society. The informational literacy, emerges as a social and economic necessity, and in this sense, universities are called upon to assume a leading role and there are multiple models described internationally. Objective: to describe experiences in processes of information literacy in higher education institutions in the past five years. Methods: a descriptive study was performed using the method of the documentary analysis, exploration of online information resources and employment search engines such as Google and Scirus. Results: Standards and models applied in higher education at the international level are described and identified experiences in medical sciences universities and other sectors, emphasizing national processes aimed at the formation of information skills in students, teachers and workers of libraries, among others. Conclusions: concludes that at the University level, various models and standards have been proposed for the informational literacy at international level, specifically in developed countries and Cuba highlighted experiences in provincial information centres in medical sciences and universities.

Keywords : literacy; digital literacy; the information society; information skills; information technology and communications; teaching-learning; graduate education processes.

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