Incorporating Information Literacy in Ibero-American University Libraries: Comparative Analysis of the Information from Their Websites

Abstract

This paper, framed in research "Lessons Learned in information literacy programs at universities in Ibero-America", will show how, from the information displayed on websites of university libraries of the 22 countries that make up the Ibero-American context, it is possible to have an approximation of the incorporation, or lack thereof, of information literacy in these universities at different levels. To achieve this purpose, the method used was web content analysis, considering first, the definition of seven categories of identifying information from such websites and programs/services training that they present. Considering these categories, and particularly the structure of program/service training, which is the most common information presented on websites -four levels were established involving the incorporation of information literacy, or lack of such, in the university. These results show that the incorporation of information literacy in Ibero-America is still in its initial process; however, in some specific countries, the reality is more positive. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2013.