lecture delivered by Ms. MaryAnn Ingua last May 22, 2008

1. INFORMATION LITERACY FOR TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS ALL Towards an Information Literate Society Mary Ann M. Ingua

5. ALL Towards an Information Literate Society 1988 - published, “Information Power” (ALA, 1988), national guidelines for school library media programs. The stated mission of “Information Power” is “to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information (ED 315 028, p2). 1989 - concept of information literacy was advanced still further when the first Meeting of the National Forum on Information Literacy (NFIL) took place , NFIL is a coalition of over 60 organizations from business, government, and education sectors, all sharing an interest in and a concern for information literacy.

7. ALL Towards an Information Literate Society Characteristics of an Information Literate Person DETERMINE the extent of the information needed ACCESS the needed information effectively and efficiently

8. ALL Towards an Information Literate Society EVALUATE information and its sources critically INCORPORATE selected information into one's knowledge base USE information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose

9. ALL Towards an Information Literate Society UNDERSTAND the economic, legal and social issues surrounding the use of information ACCESS and use information ethically and legally. (ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Educationhttp://www.ala.org/acrl/ilintro.html)

28. ALL Towards an Information Literate Society "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life" (Chinese proverb)