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Undergraduate students will compete to answer questions using the Internet during a September 30^th contest at Indiana University.

The Indiana University Libraries will host the Digital Literacy Contest, a free contest open to undergraduates.  The winner will receive $100 cash prize.

Contestants will be given 30 minutes, 50 questions, and Internet access. Correct answers earn points, and incorrect answers are penalized. The highest score wins.

Daniel Poynter,  then a Purdue University student,  created the contest in 2007. It has since grown to other universities across the nation including  University of Florida and Brown University.

"This is the first competition in which people wield the Internet as a cognitive prosthetic. It’s a high speed battle of Internet-enabled intelligence. It has three main objectives," Poynter said. "To identify people who thrive in information overload; to disseminate their insights; and to create a discussion about what it means to be digitally literate."

"Our age is both unprecedented and pivotal," Poynter  said. "Unparalleled global access to information is accelerating technological and social change. Making sense of our increasingly complex world depends upon becoming better information filters through the help of libraries. This competition is one way to ease ourselves into this exciting future."

When:  Tuesday September 30^th , 7:00 p.m.

Followed by free food and  a discussion about digital information literacy.

Those interested in competing must register online at: http://www.DigitalLiteracyContest.org . Early registration is encouraged as space is limited. For more information email libnlrn@indiana.edu.