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Literacy and Information Literacy Resources

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Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Information Literacy Information literacy in higher education. Includes “Overview” (definitions), “Standards & Guidelines” (standards toolkit), “Resources & Ideas” (curriculum, assessment), and “Professional Activity” (email discussion lists, Institute for Information Literacy).

ACRL hosts Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education.
The Clear Language Group (CLG) http://www.clearlanguagegroup.com/
“[A] consortium of health literacy, plain language and cross cultural communication specialists.” The group provides materials, training, and consultancy services.
International Adult Literacy Survey Final report of the International Adult Literacy Survey, done by Human Resources Development Canada / Développement des ressources humaines Canada
International Information Literacy Conferences and Meetings The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) provides background documents about conferences and meetings.
National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) Provided by the National Center for Education Statistics, the NAAL seeks to: Describe the status of adult literacy in the United States; Report on national trends and identify relationships between literacy and selected characteristics of adults.

NAAL defines literacy as: “using printed and written information to function in society, to achieve one’s goals, and to develop one’s knowledge and potential.”
National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) Working on the premise that “Literacy is a legacy that can be passed from parent to child. But the barriers associated with low literacy—poverty, unemployment, low self-esteem, school failure—are also handed down from generation to generation”, the NCFL provides training and resources to support growth and development of family literacy programs primarily in the United States.
National Forum on Information Literacy “The National Forum on Information Literacy was created in 1989 as a response to the recommendations of the American Library Association's Presidential Committee on Information Literacy."

“Information Literacy is defined as the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand.”
National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) ”The National Institute for Literacy's activities to strengthen literacy across the lifespan are authorized by the U.S. Congress under two laws, the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) in the Workforce Investment Act and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).”

Also sponsors the Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS) gateway to adult educational and literacy resources on the Internet and the Health & Literacy Special Collection"for teachers, students, health educators, or anyone interested in teaching health to people with limited literacy skills.”
ProLiteracy Worldwide ProLiteracy is the result of a merger between “the world's two largest adult volunteer literacy organizations…Laubach Literacy International and Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc.” The organization administers adult literacy programs in the United States and worldwide.

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