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POLICIES / STATEMENTS:
ALIA Policy Statement on Information Literacy for all Australians IFLA - The Business of Information Literacy Joint ALIA/ASLA Policy Statement on Information Literacy for schools ASLA Policy on Guided Inquiry ----------------------------------------------------- INFORMATION MATRIX/ Scope & Sequence: Kindergarten Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Adapted with permission from Lia Radocchia --------------------------------------------- Research Safari --------------------------------------------- Evidence Based Practice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Evidence Based Practice Articles ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Twin Purposes of Guided Inquiry by Lee Fitzgerald ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Big 6 and Super 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Information Literacy Articles (Australian) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Teaching Information Literacy Now! Teacher Librarians......Information Literacy (Canada) Carol Kuhlthau's Information Search Process Guided Inquiry - Does It Work? Web 2 and the Information process Effective Search Strategies Research Skills State Library, Vic Cool Tools 4 reSearch |
WHAT IS INFORMATION LITERACY?
Some definitions: "Information literacy is the ability to use, organize, present and access information effectively and efficiently for a given purpose or need" Australian Capital Territory Department of Education & Training and Children's Youth & Family Services Bureau (1997) Information access curriculum support paper: incorporating information literacy and information technology Canberra: ACT Department of Education & Training and Children's Youth & Family Services Bureau. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ...." the ability to process and use information effectively is more than a basic tool for the empowerment of school students: it is in fact the basic survival skill for those who wish to be successful in the 1990s and beyond. " Australian School Library Association and Australian Library and Information Association, Learning for the future: developing information services in Australian schools, Curriculum Corporation, 1993.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 'An information literate person recognises when information is needed and can locate, access, evaluate and apply that information.' The Interim National Council for Information Literacy Advocacy , 2003 
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