What is digital literacy?

Researchers have defined and interpreted "digital literacy" in various ways, contributing to inconsistencies in the use of the term. Yet researchers have a general agreement that "digital literacy" is associated with four particular skills:

• Core information competencies for life-long learning;
• An ability to recognize and assess a wide range of information conveyed in the non-textual features;
• Knowledge management; and
• The ability to find, to evaluate, and to make effective use of digital information.

Obviously, there have been many discussions of digital literacy in the literature, however; not too many practical implementations have been addressed, probably, because of the varied interpretations of digital literacy. This position paper is intended to explore the fundamental concept of digital literacy and hopefully lead to a better understanding of what it means in the academic library setting and adopt the ideas to design a digital literacy skills program for non-traditional students.