Who used the word Information Literacy in 1974?

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UGC NET Library & Information Science Paper 2 - 11 Jul 2022 Official Paper

Answer 1

The correct answer is "Zurkowski".

Key Points

Information Literacy-
- The concept of Information Literacy was first developed by Paul Zurkowski in 1974.
- It is the ability to access, evaluate, organize, and use the information to learn, problem-solve and make decisions.
- Christine Susan Bruce developed the seven stages of Information Literacy in his journal "Seven Faces of Information Literacy" published in 1997.

Additional Information

Zurkowski-
- The concept of Information Literacy was first developed by Paul Zurkowski in 1974.
- He was the president of the Software and Information Industry Association at the time.
John MacFarlane-
- John MacFarlane is an American professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.
- He is known for his contributions to open-source software, especially the Pandoc document converter and other "Markdown parsers and verifiers".
Thomas D. Wilson-
- Thomas D. Wilson first coined the term "Information Seeking" in his model published in 1981.
- Wilson's model of information-seeking behavior was focused on the human use of Information rather than the use of sources