ALIA Information Literacy Forum fosters a common understanding of and advocates for information literacy within ALIA and the general community. Promotes professional development opportunities in information literacy for library and information services personnel. Planned activities include establishment of an information literacy roundtable, strategy planning for integration of information literacy into various sectors, and participation in relevant conferences.
Communication includes tele-conferences and a quarterly newsletter.
A major activity has been establishing a process to assess the feasibility of a national coalition to advocate for information literacy among the education, government and corporate sectors. Work has commenced on a survey and compiling lists of likely organisations as well as looking at successful models like the US Forum. We hope to have a preliminary report in November. The ALIA Board of directors has endorsed the Statement on information literacy for all Australians . Please use the statement to encourage and stimulate awareness of the value of information literacy for all communities, as well ALIA's role in that.