Business Information Literacy Instruction

Abstract

Business leaders have long known that information can provide a significant strategic advantage to companies, and is indeed an important business asset. While information literacy efforts continue to grow on campuses across the nation, what is the progress of information literacy instruction with business students? In order to find out, a survey of librarians at AACSB-accredited schools was conducted. The results of the survey reveal that business information literacy instruction, while widespread and prevalent, is still developing. Collaboration between librarians and business faculty is overwhelmingly described as moderate, and only about a third of respondents have incorporated the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education into their instruction efforts with business students. Assessment of business students' information literacy remains an area for continued growth as the majority of librarians report that they do not assess their students' business information literacy. The results of this survey are comparable to the National Information Literacy Survey conducted in 2001. It appears that information literacy, both in general as well as in discipline-specific forms, is evolving.

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