Growing the community of the informed: Information literacy—a global issue

Abstract

The more people have improved access to information, the more education in the recognition of the need for information and the development of the skills to use it needs to be at the core of the educational process. Librarianship is the only profession which is really alert to an information literate citizenry as the prerequisite for personal and democratic empowerment, lifelong learning and societal and economic development Library professionals, and their associations, therefore need to use evidence based advocacy to governments and educators that the information literacy divide, not the digital divide is the critical issue of the information age. © 2002, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.