Strand One: Information Literacy

Information literacy is the ability to access, evaluate, and apply information in a variety of formats. The information literacy curriculum at both levels is based on the information problem-solving process called the Big6™. The Big6™ Problem-Solving Process is a systematic approach for solving life's essential questions or, on a daily basis, simply to satisfy "the need to know."

This process allows students to be critical users of information, develop high standards for their work, and create quality products to communicate what they learn. When using Big6™ Process, students apply the following skills and questions to guide them:

1. Task Definition: What needs to be done?
2. Information-Seeking Strategies: Which resources can I use?
3. Location and Access: Where can I find these resources?
4. Use of Information: Which information should I use for these resources?
5. Synthesis: How can I share what I learned?
6. Evaluation: How will I know I did my job well?

The process is sequential but accommodates branching, jumping out of sequence, and looping back to any previous stage. The Big 6™ places Library Media Core Curriculum not in isolation, but as an integral part of all other curricula.

This strand is based on Information Problem-Solving: The Big Six Skills© Approach to Library Information Skills Instruction by Michael B. Eisenburg and Robert E. Berkowitz.

View Table Format of Strand One: Information Literacy
View the Bibliographic Forms and Suggested Projects in the Appendix (PDF)
View the Bibliographic Forms (PDF) - Hand out format
View Glossary (PDF)

Contact: State Library Media Specialist Georgia Loutensock at
Georgia.Loutensock@schools.utah.gov or Telephone (801)538-7789

This page was last updated August 3, 2006