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ALIA Information Literacy ForumApril 2005 NewsletterWho are we?ALIA Information Literacy Forum fosters a common understanding of and advocates for information literacy within ALIA and the general community. The forum promotes professional development opportunities in information literacy for library and information services personnel. Membership 2005Our 619 members come from all states and overseas, and from a variety of sectors.
The 'other' sector covers students, retired librarians, national/state and government, as well as a wide range such as joint use libraries. Our committee 2005Liz Burke, reference and information services librarian, La Trobe University Library, group treasurer. Mark Jones, librarian, Brisbane North Institute of TAFE, online forum moderator; listserv and the ALIA-Infolit e-list. Jane Knowles, librarian, University of New South Wales Library, newsletter editor. Anne Lloyd, lecturer, School of Information Studies Charles Sturt University, committee member. Mandy Lupton, lecturer, Griffith Institute for Higher Education, Griffith University, committee member. Lesley Ngatai, librarian, University of New South Wales Library, convenor Helen Partridge, lecturer, School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology, secretary and ALIA workshop. Helena Zobec, associate librarian, University of Canberra, committee member. Recent eventsInformation Online 2005Papers, presentations and the (first) Information Online blog from the 12th Information Online Exhibition and Conference are available from the website. Papers include such gems as 'The future of search', 'Online learning - the chicken or the egg?', 'Metadata and health information skills', 'Simplifying the search experience' and 'The lost art of the reference interview'. UNESCO and information literacyA thematic debate on information literacy took place on 5 April 2005, at the 8th meeting of the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Council for the Information for All Programme (IFAP), at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. The purpose of the debate was to identify the particular contribution that IFAP could make to achieve an information literate society. One of the conclusions of the debate was the realisation that 'there is a need to embed information literacy in the curriculum at primary, secondary and tertiary levels, as well as in the training for information professionals, including education and health care workers.' The proceedings of the debate and the ten papers presented will soon be available on the UNESCO website under the 'Communication and information' theme. Upcoming events
ANZIL Symposium Series Four The theme is 'Information literacy: getting back to basics', and the program, with a practical theme, will address such issues as:
For more information stay tuned to the ANZIIL website. ALIA website problemsALIAnet recently experienced an unprecedented outage that resulted in ALIAnet services being shutdown for nearly two weeks. All services are now back up and running, however a few minor problems with the e-lists and search engine are still being repaired. For more information about ALIAnet services, see the ALIAnet services web page. Recent publicationsEisenberg, Michael B Information literacy : essential skills for the information age (2nd Ed.). Westport, Conn, Libraries Unlimited, 2004, 1591581435 Brookfield, Stephen D The power of critical theory : liberating adult learning and teaching. San Francisco, CA , Jossey-Bass, 2005. 0787956015 Harris, Frances Jacobson I found it on the Internet :coming of age online Chicago. American Library Association, 2005. 0838908985 Library + information update, January/February, v4 N1-2, 2005 Secker, Jane Electronic resources in the virtual learning environment : a guide for librarians. Oxford, Chandos Publishing, 2004. 1843340593
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