The higher vocational college libraries have been playing an important role in information literacy education in China. However there are relatively few studies on the overall picture of higher vocational colleges across the whole country. This paper aims to, through the sampling and analysis of 56 high-level vocational colleges, fully understand the present situation of information literacy education in higher vocational college libraries in China. This paper first establishes an evaluation index of information literacy education in higher vocational college libraries on the basis of existing theories and survey data. It then adopts expert review and analytic hierarchy process to further improve the evaluation index, followed by comprehensive investigation and statistical analysis and evaluation according to the tool of study, namely the evaluation form of information literacy education of higher vocational college libraries, and its practices in 56 such libraries. The evaluation index of information literacy education in higher vocational college libraries has demonstrated its field utility. The results show that there are differences across regions and subject specialties in information literacy education carried out by higher vocational college libraries for students, as well as a significant gap in the performance of information literacy education among different colleges. The research result proves that the standards this paper has established for evaluation of information literacy education in higher vocational college libraries are notably applicable.
Keywords:Higher vocational college libraries, information literacy education, high-level vocational colleges.