IL organisations - International
There are many organisations and associations around the world that have an interest and in information literacy.
The American Library Association (ALA) supports the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and the American Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) in the development of information literacy materials.
Australian and New Zealand libraries have created the Australian and New Zealand Institute for Information Literacy (ANZIIL). ANZIIL supports organisations, institutions and individuals in the promotion of information literacy and, in particular, the embedding of information literacy within the total educational process. The Institute identifies, facilitates, fosters and supports best practice in information literacy through: Professional Development; Promotion, Marketing and Advocacy; Research.
Canadian Library Association: Information literacy interest group.
CILA, Chinese Information Literacy Association.
EnIL: The European network for Information Literacy aims to encourage discourse on Information Literacy at a European level, in order to promote the establishment of a Culture of Information in Europe. They have also created the European Observatory on IL Policies and Research.
Formist is a french language network of information literacy resources.
The High-Level Colloquium on Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on 6-9 November 2005 developed the Alexandria Proclamation on information literacy and lifelong learning. It declares that “Information Literacy and lifelong learning are the beacons of the Information Society, illuminating the courses to development, prosperity and freedom."
The Information Literacy Meeting of Experts,
organized by the US National Commission on Library and Information
Science and the National Forum on Information Literacy, with the
support of UNESCO, held a meeting in Prague, the Czech Republic, in
2003 and they proposed basic information literacy principles.
The International Alliance for Information Literacy aims to facilitate the sharing of
information and expertise on information literacy across regions and nations of
the world.
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) have developed a Information Literacy Section
the primary purpose of the Information Literacy Section is to foster
international cooperation in the development of information skills
education in all types of libraries. They have also created InfoLit Global a database to record information literacy materials from different parts of the world, on behalf of UNESCO.
The
National Forum on Information Literacy is a broadly-based group of over 90
national (and more recently international and corporate) organizations
that are committed to individual empowerment within the information
society.
NordINFOLIT, The Nordic Forum for information literacy.
The Russian portal on Information Literacy and Media Education aims to promote infomation literacy and media education in Russian-speaking countries. The main target audience of
the portal is teachers and students. The Portal contains electronic
library of the subject works, glosasary of IL and ME terminology,
collection of declarations, recomendations, etc. on the subjects, links
to the external resources, online edition of the Media Education
Journal, etc.
Unesco have produced an easy-to-read publication on what information literacy means. It is designed for busy public policy-makers, business executives, civil society administrators and practicing professionals and could therefore be used in advocacy work. It is called "Understanding information literacy: a primer" and is available for downloading in English or French from their website.
Vale Shared Information Literacy Committee aims to share ideas, information and materials related to information literacy among VALE member libraries.
"Bookish bookmark" by Cayusa available from flickr.com
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Updated: 9th February 2009