{"id":5285,"date":"2024-10-30T10:51:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T10:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?page_id=5285"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:18:09","slug":"information-literacy-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/en_gb\/information-literacy-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Information Literacy Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5285\" class=\"elementor elementor-5285\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68264f41 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"68264f41\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c93841c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5c93841c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b8513a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b8513a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Library Information Literacy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bca7396 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bca7396\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A structured user-centered resource that helps students acquire research and critical assessment abilities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-210d3afd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"210d3afd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f7d729b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3f7d729b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50e647b7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"50e647b7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17256dd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"17256dd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Library Information Literacy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2005739b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2005739b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68529847 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"68529847\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71804b9c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"71804b9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a9b946e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a9b946e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Library induction programmes are designed to provide practical assistance to those new to the university or postgraduate work. The purpose is to introduce new clients to the physical library, facilities and services offered by the library and ensure that users have adequate information retrieval skills to exploit information. 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