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information literacy

set of abilities to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information
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information literacy

Summary

information literacy is an academic discipline[1]. It draws 316 Wikipedia views per month (academic_discipline category, ranking #249 of 1,010).[2]

Key Facts

  • information literacy's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3].
  • information literacy is a type of literacy[4].
  • information literacy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Information literacy[5].
  • information literacy's described at URL is recorded as https://www.unesco.org/en/ifap/information-literacy[6].
  • information literacy's facet of is recorded as broadcast law[7].
  • information literacy's partially coincident with is recorded as digital literacy[8].
  • information literacy's partially coincident with is recorded as media literacy[9].

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Definition and Type

information literacy's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3]. It is a type of literacy[4].

Why It Matters

information literacy draws 316 Wikipedia views per month (academic_discipline category, ranking #249 of 1,010).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Andrea Hrušecká Annemaree Lloyd Hana Landová Leslie F. Stebbins literacy Lukáš Konečný

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_information-literacy_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{information literacy}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/information-literacy}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → digital literacy, media literacy
    Instance of → academic discipline
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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