Other literacies such as visual, media, computer, network, and basic literacies are implicit in information literacy. The seminal event in the development of the concept of information literacy was the establishment of the ALA Presidential Committee on Information Literacy whose final report outlined the importance of the concept. The ALA Presidential Committee precipitated the formation of the National Forum on Information Literacy, a coalition of more than 65 national organizations, that seeks to disseminate the concept. The development of information literacy in K-12 education began with the publication of A Nation at Risk in 1983.
Information literacy is a process.
Information literacy skills must be taught in the context of the overall process. To be successful, information literacy skills instruction must be integrated with the curriculum and reinforced both within and outside of the educational setting. Information literacy skills are vital to future success. The change from an economy based on labor and capital to one based on information requires information literate workers who will know how to interpret information. Information technology is decentralizing the work force.