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TILT - Texas Information Literacy Tutorial
An award-winning, interactive library tutorial, created by the Digital Information Literacy Office at the University of Texas at Austin. TILT has an open publication license that allows other institutions to create customized, local versions of the tutorial.
tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/

21st Century Information Fluency Project
Designed to train users in the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to fully understand Information Fluency. Focuses on teaching people how to locate, evaluate, and integrate digital information.
21cif.imsa.edu/

Information Literacy - Sources of Information
An organized collection of freely available articles, conference-papers, bibliographies and websites in the field of information literacy literature.
www.his.se/

Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP)
An international association of owners of information businesses. Includes information on conferences and events as well as a code of ethics.
www.aiip.org/

We Have the Information you Want, but Getting it Will Cost You: Being held hostage by Information Overload
Research paper discussing overload and possible solutions. Time Utility. Volume. Verifying Accuracy.
www.acm.org/

Information literacy - Wikipedia
Encyclopedia article on information literacy. Includes definition, history, and list of references.
en.wikipedia.org/

LOEX Clearinghouse
National organization advocating library user education issues. Includes information on related conferences and workshops, the LOEX newsletter, and best practices in bibliographic instruction.
www.emich.edu/

Seven Faces of Information Literacy in Higher Education
Describes how information literacy is "experienced by those who use information." Addresses information-seekers conception of information literacy.
sky.fit.qut.edu.au/

Computer Skills for Information Problem-Solving: Learning and Teaching Technology in Context
Article on how instructors can teach problem and information literacy skills to students when they are using technology.
www.ericdigests.org/

Enhancing Information Literacy: A Practical Exemplar
This case-study outlines a teaching partnership between library and academic staff at the University of Waikato. It describes the strategies adopted to develop greater student information literacy and knowledge of source materials; and demonstrates the inter-relationship between student assignments and library resourcing. Both achievements and areas of difficulty are discussed.
www.rapidintellect.com/