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ERIC Number: EJ584336
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1962
Educating Responsible Citizens in the Information Society.
Marchionini, Gary
Educational Technology, v39 n2 p17-26 Mar-Apr 1999
Illustrates three concepts central to responsible citizenship in the information society: information literacy is the basest set of skills and concepts that all citizens must attain to be functionally competent; information seeking is a basic human process; and information science is an emerging interdisciplinary field that invents new systems that advance the quality of life in the information society. (AEF)
Descriptors: Competence, Daily Living Skills, Information Literacy, Information Seeking, Information Skills, Information Systems, Knowledge Level
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Information Age; Information Society