Resources
Information Literacy
(ACRL)
Gateway to information including an overview of information
literacy, standards and guidelines, resources and professional
activity
LibraryInstruction.com
Links to resources about information literacy, including a "lesson
plans" section geared towards high school and college students
The Information Literacy Land of Confusion
Michael Lorenzen's blog about librarianship, information literacy,
Web engines and the search for truth
Educause
Nonprofit association which advances information technology
competencies; see especially
Information Literacy/Fluency
Directory of Online Resources for
Information Literacy (DORIL)
Created by librarian Drew Smith, University of South Florida;
maintained by Mark Dibble, Texas Lutheran University
Council of Library Directors Information
Literacy Initiative (SUNY)
Final report identifies desired IL competencies, implementation,
promotion and advocacy of SUNY-wide information lit initiative.
Information Literacy Section (IFLANET)
Promoting international coordination in information literacy
education.
Characteristics of Programs of Information
Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices: A Guideline
(ACRL)
Simile: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education
An online information literacy quarterly.
Information Literacy as a Liberal Art
Enlightenment proposals for a new curriculum
By Jeremy J. Shapiro and Shelley K. Hughes.
American Competitiveness in the Internet Age Report <pdf>
This report is from the 2006 Information Literacy Summit held in Washington, D.C., October 2006.
National Forum on Information Literacy
The Forum 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.
Maryland Information Literacy Exchange (MILEX)
A collaboration between Maryland academic librarians to promote information literacy in higher education. MILEX members work together to develop better pedagogical, promotional, and organizational models and materials for Maryland librarians and faculty interested in information literacy.
Information Literacy Competency
Information Literacy at the University of Connecticut