US National Information Literacy Awareness Month

October is National Information Literacy Awareness Month in the USA.  The month was first celebrated in 2009, with a proclamation from President Obama. Now states in the USA are urged to make declarations for the month, and so far (for this year) Governors in 25 states and 1 US territory have issued proclamations. There is also an article about the initiative:
Weiner, S., Jackman, L. and Prause, E. (2013) Strategizing for public policy: The Information Literacy State Proclamation Project. Public Services Quarterly, 9(4), 284-99. Open access version at  http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/lib_fsdocs/60/