Information Literacy

 

"Information Literacy can be defined as the ability to locate, evaluate and use information from a variety of sources, to recognise when information is needed and to know how to learn" (Doyle, 1996)

"It has been identified as a 'core competence' for the information age"
(Australian School Library Association and Australian Library and Information Association. Learning for the future: developing information services in Australian schools, 2nd edition, Curriculum Corporation, 2001).

Successful development of information skills will enable students construct their own knowledge and become independent life-long learners who will be able to apply and transfer the skills in a variety of situations in life and work.

 

Australian School Library Association : Policy Statement - Information Literacy. 
http://www.asla.org.au/policy/p_infol.htm#TopOfPage  Also at: 

Australian School Library Association : Policy Statement - Electronic Information Literacy.
http://www.asla.org.au/policy/p_eilit.htm#TopOfPage

Information literacy: a clarification. An article by Linda Langford in Jamie McKenzie's Educational Technology Journal : From Now On.
http://www.fno.org/oct98/clarify.html

A position paper from the American Association of School Librarians. 
http://www.ala.org/aasl/positions/ps_infolit.html

Information literacy at Palmerston District Primary School
http://www.palmdps.act.edu.au/resource_centre/info_lit/intro.htm

Specific learning outcomes for information literacy in the early, emergent, experienced and extended areas at Palmerston District Primary School
http://www.palmdps.act.edu.au/staffroom/profile_outcomes/info_lit_outcomes.htm

The Big6 Skills™ - information literacy for the information age. A Big6 skills overview.
http://www.big6.com/showarticle.php?id=16

The Big6 Skills™ - information literacy for the information age - resources.
http://www.big6.com/showcategory.php?cid=7

Online resources to support The Big6 information skills
http://nb.wsd.wednet.edu/big6/big6_resources.htm

Article by Jamie McKenzie  - Winning with information literacy
http://www.fno.org/sum00/winning.html

Information literacy: the foundation of lifelong learning. A paper presented by Alan Bundy. 
http://www.library.unisa.edu.au/papers/found.htm

For a clever country: information literacy diffusion in the 21st century by Alan Bundy
http://www.library.unisa.edu.au/papers/clever.htm

Transitions for preferred futures of school libraries by Dr. Ross Todd
http://www.iasl-slo.org/virtualpaper2001.html

21st Century literacies
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/21stcent/infooverview.html

Information literacy - implications for early childhood teaching by Donna Berthelsen et al.
http://www.aare.edu.au/00pap/ber00006.htm

The information literacy primer, by Kathy Schrock 
http://www.edutopia.org/php/article.php?id=Art_833

The information literacy place
http://dis.shef.ac.uk/literacy/default.htm