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- American
Association of College and Research Libraries
- Gateway to resources on information literacy. These resources are
targeted at the American higher education community but are also of
relevance within the UK context.
- Australian
Library and Information Association Information Literacy Forum
- Aims to develop understanding and advocacy for information literacy.
- CILIP
Community Services Group
- Information Literacy Group Links to LILAC Conference, annual reports,
publications and the larger CILIP (and partners) Information Literacy
Website.
- CILIP
(and partners) Information Literacy Website
- Aims to support practitioners by providing news, case studies, examples
of best practice and freely available toolkits.
- Council
of Australian University Librarians Information Literacy webpages
- Information on the working group itself, plus some general information
on information literacy in tertiary education, especially in Australia.
- European
Network on Information Literacy
- European Network (EnIL) widening discussions at European level. Online
gateway links to seven European members states (not UK) and details
European policies, research projects and initiatives related to information
literacy, with special focus on Higher Education developments.
- IFLA
Information Literacy Section
- Encourages international cooperation in the development of information
skills education in all types of libraries. Useful for background on
information literacy programmes and trends.
- InfoLit
Global: Information Literacy Resources Directory
- IFLA database to record information literacy materials (over 500)
from different parts of the world, on behalf of UNESCO. Librarians,
educators and information professionals are invited to share information
literacy materials.
- ILit.org - The Foundation
of Independent and Lifelong Learning
- This site is dedicated to the exploration and the facilitation of
Information Literacy within the context of postgraduate provision in
Information Management and the wider remit of continuing professional
development (CPD) of information practitioners.
- National Forum on
Information Literacy
- Contains a range of definitions for the multiple "literacies",
a good range of print resources and a media kit, which may be useful
when putting together a case for information literacy.
- The Information
Literacy Place
- A rich resource, produced by Sheila Webber of the University of Sheffield
and Bill Johnston of Strathclyde University, with links to other sites,
research, definitions, models and learning and teaching resources. The
links are useful across age-groups and should not be regarded as exclusively
for the higher education sector.
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