EasyBib Presents:

Trends in Information Literacy:

A Comparative View
We collected data from more than 1,200 librarians and over 10,000 students from around the world. This infographic
explains how librarians are teaching information literacy and what trends have shifted between 2012-2014.

Who Responded?
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Elementary (12%) Middle (12%) High School (31%) High School (57%) College/Graduate School (16%)
District (9%) Higher Ed (33%) N/A / Other (3%) Middle School (23%) Other (3%)

EDUCATORS STUDENTS

"How would you rate your students' level of

understanding on website credibility?"

2012 2014
60 54.2 60
51
47
50 50

40 40
Percentage

Percentage

30 24.1 30
21.7

20 20

10 10
2

0 0
2012 2014
Rudimentary Average Advanced Rudimentary Average Advanced
 "I find students using the
Open Web for research,
instead of library databases."
90 84
58.7% of students only
80
70 60
use Google or other search
60 engines for research.
Percentage

50
37
40
30
20 14.2

10 1.8 3

0
2012 2014
Rarely Moderately Often Very Often

Students Struggle Less

There was a 27% decrease among librarians who feel their students
frequently struggle with organizing research between 2012 and 2014.

Very Often (67%) Moderately Often (24%) Rarely (10%) Very Often (40%) Moderately Often (57%) Rarely (3%)

2012 2014

"The librarian's role is

important in
60 55 information literacy
50 instruction, but faculty
also have a strong
Percentage

40
30
26
influence."
20
10
6.6
10 2.4 2012
0
Instruction
3%
One-shot only Full course
Both full course and one-shot
2014
Instruction in development None
44%