The Importance of Information Literacy Skills in e-Learning Environment

摘要

The paper analyzed the relationship between academic libraries and e-learning in higher education in the context of information literacy. The traditional library services continue to be important in the enhancement of teaching and learning process but improving the traditional classroom activities with electronic elements will change the way faculty and students access, create and use information. It is a challenge for libraries to create and to disseminate new services which will highlight their expertise and abilities in order to take a leading role in the new e-learning environment. From our viewpoint library systems and e-learning systems need to interact in many ways from the simply incorporating collections of learning objects into the traditional library. The dynamic interactions means that teachers and learners will find new ways of developing learning activities, which in turn will influence the way they use learning activities and information content. Our analyze of the library service interactions with learning systems environments will take into account the potential transformation of learning activity. Universities must develop a digital campus that includes two important concepts of digital information management and e-learning management. Another aspect considered in our paper is that referring to information literacy related with university libraries which should provide remote access to its collections but also to information networks: training on information resources, retrieval strategies and how to use the information retrieved. We must recognize that library services have to change according to the new developments and they must to achieve a lot of conditions to become an integrative library. Integrating the library into the e learning process implies changes regarding new services and delivery systems.