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ECIL 2016: Information Literacy: Key to an Inclusive Society pp 89–98Cite as

Information Literacy and Graduate Employability

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Employability is an increasingly important issue in higher education settings, and there is a strong case for a mapping of information skills and competencies against the expectations of employers. This paper addresses this need and provides an indication of how such information know-how, or information literacy, can make a valuable contribution to the employability and future careers of students as they move from higher education to employment.

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  1. InformAll, 39 Esmond Road, London, NW6 7HF, UK

    Stéphane Goldstein

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  1. Hacettepe University, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey

    Serap Kurbanoğlu

  2. Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

    Joumana Boustany

  3. University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Sonja Špiranec

  4. University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, USA

    Esther Grassian

  5. University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, USA

    Diane Mizrachi

  6. University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA

    Loriene Roy

  7. Hacettepe University, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey

    Tolga Çakmak

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Goldstein, S. (2016). Information Literacy and Graduate Employability. In: Kurbanoğlu, S., et al. Information Literacy: Key to an Inclusive Society. ECIL 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 676. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52162-6_9

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