InfoLit.org
Title
National Forum on Information Literacy
Description
The National Forum on Information Literacy was created in 1989 as a response to the recommendations of the American Library Association's Presidential Committee on Information Literacy. These education, library, and business leaders stated that no other change in American society has offered greater challenges than the emergence of the Information Age. Information is expanding at an unprecedented rate, and enormously rapid strides are being made in technology for storing, organizing, and accessing the ever-growing tidal wave of information. The combined effect of these factors is an increasingly fragmented information base, a large component of which are available only to people with money and/or acceptable institutional affiliations. In the recent past, the outcome of these challenges has been characterized as the "digital divide."
In an information society, ALL people should have the right to information that can enhance their lives. To promote economic independence and quality of existence, people need to be informed and up-to-date. Out of the overabundance of available information, people need to be able to find and use a variety of information to meet a wide range of personal and business needs.
The manner in which our country deals with the realities of the Information Age will have enormous impact on our democratic way of life and on our nation's ability to compete in an international marketplace. Within America's information society, the potential also exists to address many long-standing social and economic inequities. To reap such benefits, people - as individuals, and as a nation - must be information literate. The Forum's work is intended to empower member organizations with ideas and resources to promote information literacy among their memberships and constituents.
Contact
- Information Institute of Syr
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- Syracuse NY
- US 13244-5290
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- +1.3154431332
