Information Literacy is a set of life long skills that help people be more effective at:

• Understanding where information comes from
• How to find it and decide if it is appropriate
• How to engage in scholarly conversation
• How to acknowledge scholarship through referencing and citation

The Information Literacy Prize, which is awarded every second year, recognizes work that illustrates sound Information Literacy skills. The standard each year has been very high, as demonstrated by list past winners and their work, below.

2014

1st year winner
Eva O’Donoghue - "The effectiveness of high intensity training in relation to health and fitness levels"

3rd/4th year winner
Maria Smyth - "Inhibiting telomerase using imetelstat"

2012

Oksana Redina - "Social care students' preference to Work with older people and their attitude towards self-sgeing process"