An invitation to globalise the information literacy agenda #ecil2018

Zach Newall from Illinois University presented on the expanding information literacy community of practice, and asked how we apply IL models and definitions to a global context for people that are not in education, or who don’t occupy a particular social or professional space. How can we as IL professionals embed IL development in everyday life contexts? There are misleading perception that access to the internet is not a problem, and that “everything” is on the internet. We need to recognise that “fake news” is not a new problem. Disproportionately large numbers of people in developing countries do not have internet access, which is compounded by the rural / urban divide. Mobile communication devices provide access to information, but only facilitate simple information searching activity. We need to re-engage with grass roots efforts to understand how Information is created, proliferated and used in multiple contexts.