“National Forum on Information Literacy”
"The currency that protects a democratic society is information literacy."
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“Only those nations that become “learning societies” will be able to maintain their social and economic equilibrium in this global village where the predominant characteristics are intense competition and rapid change.”...
A Presidential Proclamation
NATIONAL INFORMATION LITERACY AWARENESS MONTH BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION
2012 Information Literacy Campaign
President Obama issued a proclamation in 2009 that declared October to be “National Information Literacy Awareness Month.” Dr. Sharon A. Weiner, Vice President, NFILGovernor Deval Patrick issued a proclamation on this for Massachusetts in 2011. The National Forum on Information Literacy (NFIL) encourages the 49 other states to recommend such proclamations to your governors’ offices to issue for October 2012!
Meet Barkley, Secret Service Dog, NFIL Honorary Mascot
” This secret service dog practices information literacy…no wonder Barkley is a super sleuth!” The National Forum on Information Literacy welcomes Barkley, Secret Service Dog as our first honorary mascot for...
About the NFIL
Mainstreaming Information Literacy
“It empowers people in all walks of life to seek, evaluate, use, and create information effectively to achieve their personal, social, occupational and educational goals. It is a basic human right in a digital world and promotes social inclusion of all nations.”
(The Alexandria Proclamation, 2005)
NFIL Champions for Information Literacy
The National Forum on Information Literacy’s mission is to promote information literacy at home and abroad. In doing so, we recognize the importance of advocates, individuals who model information literacy practice as fundamental to enriching the lives of those they serve. Champions for information literacy represent the catalytic perspectives needed to empower our educational and workforce infrastructures to resolve the challenges inherent in our emerging a 21st century information society.
We encourage you to let us know if any information literacy champions reside in your community. Promoting information literacy means acknowledging those who do so…regardless of profession and/or occupation.
Send us a brief summary (500 words or less) why you think your candidate would make an excellent Champion for Information Literacy. Please send your nominations to nfil@infolit.org, with subject heading: Champions for Information Literacy candidate.
2012 Information Literacy Campaign
Calling All Information Literacy Advocates!
Closing the U.S. Skills Gap: Is Digital Literacy Enough?
Recommending an Information Literacy Proclamation to Your Governor
President Obama issued a proclamation in 2009 that declared October to be “National Information Literacy Awareness Month.”
Dr. Sharon A. Weiner, Vice President, NFIL
Governor Deval L. Patrick issued a proclamation on this for Massachusetts in 2011. The National Forum on Information Literacy (NFIL) encourages the 49 other states to recommend such proclamations to your governors’ offices to issue for October 2012!