National Forum on Information Literacy


	Australian and New Zealand Institute for Information Literacy
	Background Information Acronym: ANZIIL Address: University of South Australia Library Web Address: http://www.anziil.org/ General Inquiries About Organization Name and Title: Irene Doskatsch, Chair, Executive Committee Phone: +61 8 830 26279 E-mail: irene.doskatsch@unisa.edu.au Forum Contact Person Name and Title: Irene Doskatsch, Chair, Executive Committee Phone: (617) 354-6269 E-mail: irene.doskatsch@unisa.edu.au Mission Statement: The mission of ANZIIL is to support organizations, institutions, and individuals in the promotion of information literacy and, in particular, the embedding of information literacy within the total educational process. The ways in which ANZIIL can achieve this mission is by the identification, facilitation, fostering, and support of best practice in information literacy education through: Professional development Promotion, marketing, and advocacy Research Organizational Background/Description ANZIIL is an outcome of the CAUL Information Literacy Standards workshop (Adelaide 2000) at which Australian and New Zealand universities were represented along with schools, TAFE, the Council of Australian State Libraries (CASL) and ALIA. There was a general consensus from the workshop that an Institute, which would contribute to the national information literacy agenda by addressing the development of information literacy in education, was educationally, professionally, and politically desirable. ANZILL's activities and initiatives will primarily target vocational and higher education. The Institute will work in collaboration with a range of national and international organizations, forums, and groups to complement their existing information literacy aims, objectives, and initiatives. In particular, ANZIIL will work closely with the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL), Council of New Zealand University Librarians (CONZUL), Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), National Working Group for TAFE Library Services (NWGTLS), and the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA). Information Literacy Goals, Areas of Interest, Publications, Standards, etc.: Goals: To identify, facilitate, foster, and support best practice in information literacy through: Professional Development Promotion, Marketing, and Advocacy Research Publications: The award winning book, The Seven Faces of Information Literacy by Christine Bruce Information Literacy Around the World

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Dr. Lana Jackman
Sharon Weiner
Co-Chairs, National Forum on Information Literacy