One of the papers resulted from a call for papers posted on Internet, while the other two came from pers onal contacts. Ms Ford's general talk on information literacy opened the session. Abstract Today most of us have too much information. Computer tools help us manage information but also bring us more information. The changes in formats and organization of information mean that the users ne ed guidance.
Information literacy is a concept that has emerged to describe the task ahead.
The paper provides background on the concept of information literacy and discusses information literacy act ivities worldwide with emphasis on science and technology. The rapidly advancing high technology area of computer science is dependent on language-dependent tools and techniques. The literature for these tools and techniques is overwhelmingly concentrated in English. In Third World countries, where English is not the first language, the methods to filter and control the potentially unlimited flux of information must inc lude methods to deal with the language issue. Universities like ours, through their faculty research and development, are contributing heavily towards developing the methods to deal with the language issue.