Information literacy international perspectives (K.G. Saur, 2008)
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Includes bibliographical references
Defining information literacy in the 21st century -- Sandy Campbell -- 25 years of a continuous national policy : information literacy networking in higher education in France -- Frederic Blin -- Empowering patients through health information literacy training -- Rowena Cullen -- Breaking into unexplored territory : a case study of the information literacy initiative at the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies -- Ingrid Iton -- Implementing information literacy education for undergraduate nursing students -- Bill Koch, Susan Porter and Beverley Forsyth -- Information literacy, universities, and the access to information -- Estela Morales Campos -- Enabling library and information skills : foundations for entering students -- Roman Tantiongco and Lorraine Evison -- Supporting information literacy learning in Finnish universities : standards, projects, and online education -- Arja Juntunen [and others] -- Learning to be a student at the University of Paris 8 : an innovative example of teaching information literacy in the first year -- Mireille Lamouroux -- Information literacy programs for virtual mobility -- Irma Pasanen, Eva Tolonen, and Linda Stoop
Provides an update on the status of information literacy activities around the world, particularly from countries where no related literature has been published in English. Ranging from the practical to the theoretical, librarians report on their efforts to establish and develop information literacy programs