由於資訊科技的快速發展與面對重大的經濟變遷,現今社會與公民需要多元的能力以便在不斷變遷的環境中獲取成功。資訊素養一般定義為個體能從浩瀚的資源中檢索、評估、組織與利用資訊的技能。然而時至今日,資訊素養已經是終身學習的技能,有資訊素養的人是具有檢索、組織、評估、利用與溝通資料的態度、技能與知識。資訊素養教育的推廣在中小學與大學已實施多年,也有很多實證的例子,顯示資訊素養教育推展的很成功。民眾對公共圖書館的期望是終身學習機構,但檢視其所辦的推廣活動仍停留在圖書館利用教育與電腦基礎課程,因此本文先定義資訊素養意涵與演變,接著說明公共圖書館在資訊社會中的角色,再分析青少年的資訊素養能力,最後提出公共圖書館對青少年族群所應提供的資訊素養教育建議。
Due to a dramatic change in modern technology and economy, the society and citizen require to be fully equipped with multiple abilities in order to live successfully. The term of information literacy is generally defined as the set of skills to access, evaluate, organize, and use information from a variety of sources. However, the new perspective of information literacy refers to individuals who are able to archive, organize, evaluate, utilize and communicate information in terms of their attitude, skills and cognition. Information literacy is widely considered to be an essential survival skill for life in the information age. There are strong evidences to show that the information literacy education has been successfully implemented in school and academic environment. Although the public has perceived the public library as a lifelong learning institution, a further review showed a different story that its activities had been limited to library skills and basic computer operating skills. This article, therefore, defined the term of information literacy and described briefly its developmental history. Then, a full articulation of roles of public library in a modern information society was followed. Finally, the article analyzed the information literacy ability of teens. The author also provides some suggestions to the information literacy education of teens with respect to some significant activities.