Finding the Skills for Tomorrow: Information Literacy and Museum Information Professionals

Marty, Paul F. (2006) Finding the Skills for Tomorrow: Information Literacy and Museum Information Professionals .

Abstract

This paper presents results from twenty-one semi-structured interviews with museum information professionals who were asked about their experiences working with information resources, tools, and technologies in museums. The interviews were analyzed to develop an understanding of the information literacy skills of museum information professionals. This paper presents the results of this analysis, and discusses the state of information literacy in museums and the increasing need for museum information professionals to possess information literacy skills. The results illustrate how information literacy is defined by information professionals in museums, and how perceptions of information literacy and its importance to museums have changed over time.