The nature of information is changing the nature of the world’s economy. Information called to be currency of democracy. Information literacy is an essential skill to survive in the information age. Today’s age is full of ICT enabled services in every field of human life. Information is growing rapidly day by day and being codified in the digital form. The quantum of information available online …show more content…
Higher education is the most part of any one’s life because to make aware of the overflow of information being generated different forms and formats, like multiple media, including graphical, aural, textual etc. The students should be guided to become lifelong learners with proper guidance.
Information literacy is important owing to the amount of information that is available in contemporary society. Simply being exposed to a great deal of information will not make people informed citizen; they need to learn how to use this information effectively, ACRL (2000).
Data smog refers to the idea that too much information can create a barrier in our lives. Especially students and the society require a special skill to handle this fast increasing information, in order to use their educational and economical purposes more effectively. Information literacy is considered as the solution for the data smog ACRL