Information literacy instruction: Self-education through e-tutorials

This paper gives theoretical insight into importance of information literacy in formal and informal education and self-education of individual in information society. Libraries traditionally have great role in rising information literacy and one way of rising information literacy could be through their e-tutorials about information literacy. Working hypothesis in this paper is that level of presence of e-tutorials about information literacy in Croatian language is not satisfying. This hypothesis is confirmed namely unsatisfying level of presence of e-tutorials about information literacy in Croatian language is determined. Since mentioned hypothesis is confirmed five e-tutorials about information literacy in English were chosen according to Primo (Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online) criteria for identification and comparison of their elements with method of qualitative content analysis with main purpose to give directions for development of e-tutorials about information literacy in Croatian language.