Promotion of information literacy in the artificial intelligence era: The cases of the national libraries in China, Indonesia and Australia

Systematic information background is an essential skill for humans in the digital era. The authors examine the evolution of the information literacy concept, and characterize IFLA and UNESCO efforts in developing information training. They generalize on the use of “media-information literacy” term in the two editions of UNESCO curriculum. The authors discuss the role of libraries in building AI (Artificial Intelligence) literacy. They analyze official websites of the national libraries in China, Indonesia and Australia to reveal the content of educating user information literacy and classify the website sections and headings related to information literacy content. The authors conclude that information literacy has ceased to be a set of technical skills and are transform into a strategic competence to be comprehensively developed by the libraries.

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