The Digital Divide

The consequences of the digital divide involve more than creating opportunities for equal access to information and communication technology and electronic information resources. Equitable access depends on education in information literacy.
Information literacy standards provide a foundation for evaluating proficiencey based on specific indicators for information literacy skills.

"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 Forum on Information Literacy

• Information Literacy Weblog

• Open Directory Project

Society: Issues: Education: Literacy: Information Literacy

Reference: Libraries: Library and Information Science: User Services: Information Literacy