"information competences" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to the ability or skills to effectively gather, evaluate, and use information. Example: As a librarian, it is important for me to have strong information competences in order to assist patrons in finding reliable and relevant resources.
One major area of controversy deals with information, competence, and the quality of decision making.
Further aspects of information competence instruction and project-specific performance are discussed.
The academic world has readily accepted technologies as support for the Information and Knowledge Society and as an opportunity to enhance the information competence of citizens.
A faculty member and a librarian collaborated on an information competence workshop designed to enhance the skills necessary to complete a specific class project.
Student perceptions of the levels of their own information competence in terms of knowledge, skills and attitudes are, in general, high.
The study was carried out with students of official doctoral programs of Information Science in four universities in Spain and Latin America with the purpose of finding out, through self-assessments, student perceptions of their own information competence.
A survey was designed to determine self-perceptions of knowledge, skills and attitudes regarding information competence, and it was distributed to students of two universities in Spain, one in Cuba and one in Mexico.
The InfoliTrans Test is a portal designed to analyze, explore, and improve information competence among students of higher education, using the field of Translation and Interpretation for this pilot project.
Having a self-assessment that identifies those areas of information competence in which students consider themselves to be weak will be a significant help in planning activities designed to strengthen these areas in doctoral programs.
