Blog Reflection #4

Information competency is the ability to find, evaluate, use, and communicate information in all of its various formats < http://hcom.csumb.edu/infocomp/aboutic/index.html>. Information competency is very important to me because it means having the know how to locate important information when it is needed. I think an information competent student should know how to evaluate and use information productively, is aware of the many resources offered at our school libraries and other libraries and how to access/ find the right search vehicle for the research information needed.

The information I have received while taking this library course has certainly brought me closer to being an information competent student. Becoming familiar with the wealth of information available through the right search vehicles has improved my accessibility to information but also removes any pretence on my part of knowing all there is to know about how to access the vast amount of information on the internet and the WWW. Having the LBCC library website available and the many free search tool offered on the library site has been very instrumental in improving my information competence.

I will continue to improve to utilize the wonderful wealth of research tools and strive the match the vehicle to the information needed. I will continue to improve my evaluating skills and choose information that is relevant to my research needs. I feel I will be able to accomplish my research needs with much more competence. I will make a note to myself to recommend this class to fellow students and any one who has a wealth of information available while saving time and resources. After this class is over I will continue to use the correct search vehicle when ever I need to find information. The many search vehicles I have become aware of (like a thesaurus) which would be of big help right now.