A new logo for information literacy

A new, international, logo has been developed to represent information literacy.

The sponsor, Information Literacy Section of IFLA, for UNESCO, says:

The aim of creating this Logo is to make communication easier between those who carry out information literacy projects, their communities, and society in general. The Logo will be available free of charge and promoted as an international symbol of information literacy.

The American Library Association describes information literacy this way:

“To be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information. The information literate individuals are those who have learned how to learn”

(ALA, 1998)

I prefer the perspective adopted by Sheila Webber at the Information Literacy Weblog:

"Information Literacy--
the adoption of appropriate information behaviour to identify, through whatever channel or medium, information well fitted to information needs, leading to wise and ethical use of information in society"

Edgar Luy Pérez, the artist, says of the design:

"The book, open and next to the circle [representing study], comprises with it a visual metaphor representing those people who have the cognitive tools to reach information in a nimble way, as well as the desire to share this ability."

Literacy Challenges to Delivering Administrative Justice

In May, I presented at the Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunal's 4th International Conference, in Vancouver, British Columbia - "Administrative Justice Without Borders".

I had been working with the CCAT for some 18 months on this issue. CCAT released a book at the conference on plain language and administrative practice. It will be available soon online.

Our handout at the conference was a 12-page summary of the previous publication by the Literacy and Access to Justice Project. That is is now available here. The 100-page original is available here.

Some pictures are here; not great pix because of the blinding Vancouver sun!