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March, 2010, Information Literacy: A Neglected Core Competency, Dr. Sharon A Weiner, Professor and W. Wayne Booker Chair in Information Literacy, Purdue University.

January, 2010, A New Year, An Unending Legacy for the National Forum on Information Literacy, Dr. Lana W. Jackman, College Research Libraries News.

October, 2009, President Obama declares October as National Information Literacy Awareness Month.

October, 2009, National Forum on Information Literacy celebrates its 20th Anniversary at the Carnegie Endowment Center for International Peace in Washington, D.C.

April, 2009, Cultural Competence: Diversity’s Next Step, Connecticut Library Association Annual Conference, New Haven, Ct. PPT

March, 2009, “Toward Culturally Competent Leadership: A Communication Strategies Toolbox, Leadership Development Training, Bryant University. PPT

November, 2008, Education in the 21st Century – Is this a wheel worth reinventing? Boston Globe Editorial.

June, 2008, National Forum on Information Literacy: Advocacy in Action. Lifelong Learning Conference 2008, Central Queensland University, Australia. PPT

October, 2008, National Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy Policy Council.

2007 Understanding Information Literacy: A Primer, Dr. F. Woody Horton, UNESCO.

June, 2007, Special Libraries Annual Conference, Denver, The Skills Gap: Information Literacy – The Closer?

September, 2006, National Forum Information Literacy Summit. Washington, D.C.

March, 2006, Alexandria Information Literacy experts’ meeting – Final Report- Proclamation.

November, 2005, Alexandria Press Release. Follow-up to Prague, 2003 Information Literacy experts’ meeting.

May, 2005, Understanding Health Literacy: An Evolving Public Health Crisis, School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts at Boston, PPT

September, 2004, Mélange receives National Institutes of Health/NIDDK Small Business Innovative Research Grant (SBIR)!

September 21-23, 2003, the first international meeting of information literacy experts in Prague, The Czech Republic. Sponsored by UNESCO, the National Commission of Library and Information Sciences, and the National Forum on Information Literacy, over 60 delegates from around the globe attended the conference to discuss the critical importance of information literacy and its definitive impact on our ever evolving Information Society. For further details, read the Prague Declaration.

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