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Information Literacy Skills Project

"Information literacy is knowing when and why you need information, where to find it, and how to evaluate, use and communicate it in an ethical manner." CILIP (2004) Information Literacy Definition

Useful Links - the project blog has now taken over this role

Definitions, frameworks / standards and strategies

IFLA (2007) Information Literacy: an International State-of-the-Art Report (Second draft)

CILIPS Information Literacy Task and Finish Group (2007) Information Literacy Toolkit - a practical toolkit to assist in planning the development and implementation of information literacy courses.

JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) (2005) Improving Staff i-Skills: An introductory guide and Investing in Staff i-Skills: A strategy for institutional development

CILIP (2004) Information Literacy Definition and Information Literacy: the skills

SCONUL (2004) Learning outcomes and information literacy

Australian and New Zealand Institute for Information Literacy (ANZIIL) (2004) Australian and New Zealand Information Literacy Framework: principles, standards and practice 2nd ed.

Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) (2000) Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education.

SCONUL (1999) Information Skills in Higher Education: A SCONUL Position Paper

American Association of School Librarians and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (1998) Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning.

International declarations

2005 Alexandria High-Level Colloquium on Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning

2003 The Prague Declaration - 'Towards an Information Literate Society'

Information Literacy websites

CILIPS Information Literacy: Securing Change

The Information Literacy Website

Information Literacy Weblog

Information Literacy Research

Webber, S., Johnston, B. and Boon, S. (2005) UK academics' conceptions of, and pedagogy for, information literacy

Williams, D.A. and Wavell, C. (2006) Teachers' Conceptions of Information Literacy in Relation to their Classroom Practice

Williams, D.A. and Wavell, C. (2006) Untangling Spaghetti? The Complexity of Developing Information Literacy in Secondary School Students.

 

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