In the context of the new liberal arts construction emphasizing interdisciplinary and digital humanities, liberal arts college students generally face the core contradiction of information overload and insufficient ability to accurately obtain, analyze, and innovate applications. To this end, this study first systematically analyzes the current status and bottlenecks of liberal arts students' information skills and innovation literacy. Then, this paper integrates modules such as information retrieval, data analysis, critical thinking, and interdisciplinary project design. Then, it develops and implements an innovative training program, and finally, it relies on an online and offline hybrid teaching platform for practice. Experimental data show that students scored an average of 6.94 points in information retrieval accuracy; in the innovation project, creativity scored the highest (7.60 points), while presentation ability was weak (6.32 points). In the critical thinking experiment, the problem identification ability scored 7.09 points, while the depth of reflection and strategic rationality were relatively weak, with an average of only 6.49 points and 6.55 points. The research results show that this systematic training program can improve students' basic information capabilities while exposing the shortcomings of current high-level cognitive training, providing direction and data support for future teaching reforms.

Shi Yang, Hai Lin. Cultivation of College Students' Information Skills and Innovation Literacy under the Background of New Liberal Arts. International Journal of New Developments in Education (2025), Vol. 7, Issue 7: 179-185. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJNDE.2025.070727.

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