Project Information Literacy

Project Information Literacy (PIL) is a national research study based in the University of Washington Information School. In their ongoing research, they have studied how college students conduct research and find information—their needs, strategies, and workarounds. A November 1, 2010 report Truth Be Told: How College Students Evaluate and Use Information in the Digital Age expands to focus on how students find information and their preferred use of information sources for course work and in their daily lives.

The results may be instructive to not only academic librarians, but to all types of librarians and teachers as well.