Framework for Information Literacy: Information Has Value

Compiled by the FLA Academic Instruction & Information Literacy Member Group

INFORMATION HAS VALUE: Knowledge Practices and Lesson Plans

Information possesses several dimensions of value, including as a commodity, as a means of education, as a means to influence, and as a means of negotiating and understanding the world. Legal and socioeconomic interests influence information production and dissemination.

•give credit to the original ideas of others through proper attribution and citation;

Diane Fulkerson
University of South Florida
Sarasota - Manatee

•understand that intellectual property is a legal and social construct that varies by culture;

•articulate the purpose and distinguishing characteristics of copyright, fair use, open access, and the public domain;

•understand how and why some individuals or groups of individuals may be underrepresented or systematically marginalized within the systems that produce and disseminate information;

•recognize issues of access or lack of access to information sources;

•decide where and how their information is published;

•understand how the commodification of their personal information and online interactions affects the information they receive and the information they produce or disseminate online;

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