How do we define information literacy?
According to UNESCO’s Information for All Programme (IFAP), information literacy is the capacity of people to:
- recognize their information needs;
- locate and evaluate the quality of education;
- store and retrieve information;
- make effective and ethical use of information; and
- apply information to create and communicate knowledge.
Main strategy
It is important to stress that the UIS is not developing a new survey in this field. At this point, experts agree that another data collection would represent a considerable burden for countries. Instead, the Institute will develop and pilot test cost-effective methodologies that countries can adapt to meet their own measurement needs.