Information literacy consists of individuals’ ability to thoughtfully acquire and critically evaluate gained information, as well as the legal and ethical use of the information in the practice of creating new knowledge. Therefore, information literacy is crucial not only for individuals’ personal, academic, and professional lives but also for an effective information society. Academic librarians, through their expertise, can contribute to higher levels of information literacy among students. As information specialists, academic librarians are usually responsible for information literacy programs, which are aimed to help develop the key abilities of information literacy. In this thesis, we focused on researching the academic librarians view on the field of information literacy. In the theoretical part of the thesis, we examined and outlined important research findings about information literacy and related concepts. Based on this, we developed a questionnaire that was distributed to academic librarians working at public and private academic libraries in Slovenia. Through the analysis and interpretation of the collected data, we identified the main pain points in information literacy programs, such as the lack of cooperation and mechanisms for cooperation, insufficient evaluation of programs, the absence of standards, and negative feelings associated with this field. Our findings indicate that academic librarians generally have a positive outlook on information literacy programs, compared to other fields of their work. Furthermore, academic librarians place a high value on information literacy; nevertheless, not all librarians undertake information literacy programs.
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