INFORMATION LITERACY @ RMIT UNIVERSITY
IL Home Page IL definition the importance of ILHow to integrate it with the curriculumWho can help

References and Further Reading

  1. Association of College and Research Libraries. Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. http://www.ala.org/acrl/ilintro.htm

  2. School of Information Management and Systems at the University of California at Berkeley. How much information? http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/how-much-info/

  3. Australian Education Council. Review Committee (1991) Young people's participation in post-compulsory education and training / report of the Australian Education Council Review Committee. [Canberra: Australian Education Council] pp. 57-58

  4. Mayer, Eric. (Mayer Committee)(1992) Putting general education to work : the key competencies report.[Melbourne?: Australian Education Council and Ministers for Vocational Education, Employment and Training]

  5. Candy, P. (1994) Developing lifelong learners through undergraduate education [Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service] p. xii 
    (also available at http://www.detya.gov.au/nbeet/publications/pdf/94_21.pdf)

  6. Higher Education Financing and Policy Review Committee (1998) Learning for life : final report : review of higher education financing and policy [Canberra: Dept. of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs] p.47 
    (also available at http://www.detya.gov.au/highered/hereview/toc.htm)

  7. Institution of Engineers, Australia [1999] National generic competency standards for stage 2 (professional engineers, engineering technologists, engineering associates and the advanced stage engineer.) , [Barton: Institution of Engineers, Australia] pp. 24-26
    (also available as PDF document at: http://www.ieaust.org.au/membership/res/downloads/NGCS.pdf

  8. Council of Australian University Librarians [2001] Information Literacy Standards, [Canberra: Council of Australian University Librarians]
    (also available as a Word document at: http://www.caul.edu.au/caul-doc/publications.html)

  9. Bowden, J. [et al] Generic capabilities of ATN University Graduates http://www.clt.uts.edu.au/TheProject.htm#Executive.Summary

  10. Bowden, John [2000] Year 2000 Program Renewal, [Melbourne: RMIT University]

    Further Reading

  • Council of Australian University Librarians http://www.caul.edu.au/

  • LOEX Clearinghouse for Library Instruction http://www.emich.edu/~lshirato/loex.html 
    ''LOEX (Library Orientation Exchange) is a self-supporting, non-profit educational clearinghouse for materials used in library instruction.'

  • Directory of Online Resources for Information Literacy http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/il/ 
    'The Directory of Online Resources for Information Literacy (DORIL) is intended to provide librarians and other educators with a comprehensive, up-to-date guide to a wide variety of informational resources available on the World Wide Web that relate to the concept of information literacy'.

  • Bruce, Christine [1997] Seven Faces of Information Literacy in Higher Education
    http://www.fit.qut.edu.au/InfoSys/bruce/inflit/faces/faces1.htm 

  • ACRL Institute for Information Literacy (IIL) http://www.ala.org/acrl/nili/nilihp.html
    (...) 'provide quick and easy access to information about the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Institute for Information Literacy (IIL), and related information literacy organizations, initiatives, and resources.'
 

[ Home ] [ What is information literacy? ] [ How to integrate it? ] [ Why is it important? ] [ Who can help? ] [ References and further reading ]

RMIT Home Page © 2001 RMIT University
Created by: RMIT University Library, Information Literacy Working Party, February 2001
Maintained by: manager@www.lib.rmit.edu.au
Last updated: 05 February, 2001