On October 1, President Obama declared October as Information Literacy Awareness Month with these opening words:
"Every day, we are inundated with vast amounts of information. A 24-hour news cycle and thousands of global television and radio networks, coupled with an immense array of online resources, have challenged our long-held perceptions of information management. Rather than merely possessing data, we must also learn the skills necessary to acquire, collate, and evaluate information for any situation. This new type of literacy also requires competency with communication technologies, including computers and mobile devices that can help in our day-to-day decision making. National Information Literacy Awareness Month highlights the need for all Americans to be adept in the skills necessary to effectively navigate the Information Age."
The text of the entire proclamation can be found at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/2009literacy_prc_rel.pdf
Read more about information literacy
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/issues/infolit/overview/intro/index.cfm
View Project Information Literacy videos on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/user/ProjInfoLit
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