信息素养是伴随着信息产业的形成而出现的新概念。这一概念首先是从图书检索技能发展和演变过来的。它是对信息社会中人的信息行为能力、独立学习能力以及批判性思维能力概括性描述的一个概念。由于人们对它的认识和理解不同,所以形成了对信息素养的各种不同定义或描述。 Information literacy is a new concept emerging along with the formation of the information industry. The concept begins with the development and evolution of book retrieval skills. It is a concept that gives a generalized description of the person’s ability to conduct information, independent learning, and critical thinking in an information society. Because of their different understanding and understanding of people, so the formation of a variety of different definitions of information literacy or description.