id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crln-22236 Ford, Barbara J. Information literacy goes international 1994-07-01 3 .pdf application/pdf 1864 80 47 As countries like South Africa, Australia, and the Netherlands gear up to be competitive in a global information age, issues related to information access and use becom e o f increas­ ing concern, and concepts o f user education and information literacy are being incorporated into their school and higher education curricu- lums. In Decem ber 1992 a conference focusing on strategies for promoting information literacy as a means of personal and national empower­ ment in today’s information-dependent society was held in South Australia. cache/crln-22236.pdf txt/crln-22236.txt