Information Literacy Programs at the University of Puerto Campuses: Review

Abstract

The University of Puerto Rico (UPR) is the oldest and largest university on the island of Puerto Rico. With 11 campuses distributed along the island the institution has a student population of over to 64,000 undergraduate and more than 5,000 graduate students, with close to 20,000 FT & PT faculty. The institution offers a full spectrum of programs throughout its campuses, from certificates, associate and bachelor degrees, to Masters and PhD programs. The article gives a general description of the UPR libraries' information literacy (IL) programs at eight of its 11 campuses. A search of the resent library literature revealed that nothing has been written about the IL programs of the libraries of the University of Puerto Rico library system. This article gives a review of the state of these programs as of the spring of 2007.