SUMMARY OF SELECTION & APPRAISAL OF DATA IN DATA CURATION--DORA BANDA(MLIS0122)

FACULTIES OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SCIENCES TO : PROFESSOR WINNER CHAWINGA FROM : DORA BANDA (MLIS 0122) PROGRAMME :MASTER’S DEGREE IN LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE COURSE TITLE :INFORMATION BEHAVIOUR AND LITERACY EDUCATION COURSE CODE :MLIS 6102 TASK : SUMMARY OF LAST WEEK’S CLASS (11.12.25) DUE DATE : 16. 12. 2025 INFORMATION LITERACY MODELS Introduction Information literacy means knowing when you need information and being able to find it, judge if it is reliable, use it correctly and share it in an ethical way. Today there is a a lot of information online , including false or misleading content, therefore it is very important to have information literacy skills.In-order to help people learn these skills, scholars and organisations introduced various models to explain how individuals develop and apply these skills. These models serve as structured guides for teaching, learning and practice across academic, professional and everyday context, also the models give step-by- step guidance on how to search for information , think critically about it, and use it responsibly. The following are the models; The Big6 information skills (1990) Seven Pillars of Information (1999) Pathways to knowledge (2002) Plus model (1996) Seven Faces of Information (1997) (a)The Big 6 Model The model was created by Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz in the 1980s and is applicable across all age groups and contexts, academic research, workplace tasks and everyday decision making .The Big6 information literacy skills model is a process model for information problem-solving, it integrates information search and use skills along with technology tools in a systematic process to find, use, apply and evaluate the information for specific needs and tasks.The model is used in determining the level of information literacy skills on the use of e-resource on users. The six stages of the Big6 The Big6 model consists of six interrelated stages that represent how people solve problems: Stage Description Example in practice 1.Task definition The user define the problem and identify the information needed, A student determines they need sources for a History essay on World War 2 2.Informatiom seeking strategies The user decide what sources are available and which are the best Choosing between books, scholarly articles ,academic databases, institutional repositories 3.Locating and Access Locate sources and access the needed information Using a library catalog or online database to find relevant information 4. Use of information Engage with the information-read, listen, and extract relevant facts, ideas and data. Evaluate credibility, bias and relevance Taking notes from Journal article or highlighting key passages 5.Synthesis Organise information from multiple sources into a coherent product Writing essay by combining insights from books and articles 6. Evaluation Judge the effectiveness of the final product and the efficiency of the process Reviewing whether the essay answers the question and whether the research process was effective