World Library and Information Congress 72th IFLA General Conference and Council Seoul, Korea August 20, 2006

1. World Library and Information Congress,
72th. IFLA General Conference and Council
Seoul, Korea, August 20-24, 2006
Jesús Lau, Ph.D.
jlau@uv.mx / www.jesuslau.com
Director, USBI-VER Library, and Coordinator, UV Virtual Library
Universidad Veracruzana / DGB
Veracruz, México
High Level Colloquium on Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
UNESCO - IFLAUNESCO - IFLA
Information Literacy Section ContributionsInformation Literacy Section Contributions

2. Main
Contributions with UNESCO funding:
1. International Directory. International Information
Literacy Resources Directory
2. World Report. International Information Literacy State-
of-the Art Report
3. Book. A monograph that will include international
information literacy experiences
4. International IL logo. A contest to select an
international visual branding for information literacy
5. Guidelines on Information Literacy for Lifelong
Learning

3. We request your collaboration:
1. International IL Directory
• Record your information resources in the
directory
• More than 20 categories of resouces: courses,
pedagogical tools, conferences, tutorials
• Give visibility to your work and share your
experiences with your peers around the world
• www.uv.mx/usbi_ver/unesco

4. 2. International IL State-of-the2. International IL State-of-the
Art ReportArt Report
• Write a report about the state of information
literacy in your country
• Or, send us a bibliography of your national
publications
• We will do the literature review and include it
in the report
• www.uv-mx/usbi_ver/unesco

5. 3. Book: International IL3. Book: International IL
experiencesexperiences
• Contribute with a chapter about your national
or institutional experience
• Recommend a paper that covers well your
country´s activities in Information Literacy
• Deadline is October 1, 2006

6. 4. International IL Logo4. International IL Logo
• Promote the participation of librarians and graphic
designers in your country
• Give us your national library association endorsement
• The Logo selection process will be ready for the Durban
IFLA Conference
• Once the logo is ready, we would like you to use it

7. 5. Guidelines on Information
Literacy for Lifelong Learning
• Help us to translate the guidelines into
your national language
• Download them from the IFLA website
• Use them
• You can adopt or adapt them

8. ConclusionsConclusions
• We will welcome your collaboration
• Become a member of the section
• We need representatives from the
different regions of the world
• A big thanks for UNESCO funding!