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Years of Service

1989-2015

NFIL Major Milestones"I took the one less traveled by... and that has made the difference."   Robert Frost, 1920

1989 American Library Association's Presidential Committee on Information Literacy establishes the National Forum on Information Literacy (NFIL).

1991 The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development adopted a resolution demonstrating its commitment to the importance of information literacy.

1992 The ERIC education database (http://eric.ed.gov) began to use “information literacy” as a descriptor.

1993 The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Higher Education became the first accreditation agency to promote this core skill as an essential undergraduate learning outcome.

1997 The National Education Association (NEA) made a commitment to embed information literacy in their teacher education initiatives.

1998 NFIL published the first information literacy progress report. (http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/whitepapers/progressreport.cfm)

1998 The American Association of School Libraries and the Association of Educational Communications and Technology published Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning for students in K-12.

1999 The American Association for Higher Education endorsed the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education.

2000 The American Association of Higher Education (AAHE) endorsed the ACRL information literacy college standards; one of only two times that AAHE endorsed a policy position.

2003 NFIL, UNESCO, and NCLIS held the first international information literacy experts meeting in Prague, resulting in the Prague Declaration. http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/19636/11228863531PragueDeclaration.pdf/PragueDeclaration.

2003 NFIL established the International Alliance on Information Literacy.

2004 The Partnership for 21st Century Skills identifies information literacy as a key student learning outcome.

2005 UNESCO/IFLA/NFIL sponsored symposium of information literacy experts in Alexandria, Egypt, producing the Alexandria Proclamation.

2006 First National Information Literacy Summit in the U.S. – Co Sponsored by the National Forum, Committee for Economic Development, Institute for a Competitive Workforce, National Education Association, Educational Testing Service, and the National Forum.

2006 The National Center for Education Statistics Academic Library Survey began to include questions about information literacy.

2007 Purdue University established the first endowed chair in information literacy, named for W. Wayne Booker, past Chief  Financial  Officer of Ford Motor Corporation.

NFIL Trail Blazers"I took the one less traveled by... and that has made the difference."   Robert Frost, 1920

Dr. Patricia Senn Breivik & Dr. F. Woody Horton, Jr.

Past Members of the NFIL Board of DirectorsL to R: Dr. Sharon Weiner, Lorna D. Jones, Dr. Nancy Zimmerman, Dr. Patricia Senn Breivik, Frank Gallagher, Dr. A. Christy Wright, Dr. Lana W. Jackman

NFIL Major Milestones (cont.)"I took the one less traveled by... and that has made the difference."   Robert Frost, 1920

2007 UNESCO published Understanding Information Literacy:  A Primer by Dr. F. Woody Horton, one of the conveners of the 2003 Prague and Alexandria.

2008 The Higher Education Reauthorization Act of 2008 included information literacy as a necessary skill for teacher professional development.

2008 The American Association of Community Colleges published a position statement on information literacy (http://www.aacc.nche.edu/About/Positions/Pages/ps05052008.aspx)

2008 The National Council of Teachers of English included information literacy skills in its Framework for 21st Century Curriculum and Assessment.

2011 Massachusetts becomes the first state to issue a gubernatorial information literacy proclamation.

2012 National Forum kicks off a national campaign to elicit gubernatorial proclamations from all 50 states and U.S. territories.

THE OBAMA PROCLAMATIONIn 2009, Senators Edward M. Kennedy and John Kerry petitioned the White House, on behalf of the National Forum on Information Literacy, to recognize information literacy as vital to our national interests. As a result, President Obama issued the first presidential proclamation establishing October National Information Literacy Awareness Month.

Thank You, Everyone!

Since 1989, the National Forum on Information Literacy’s primary mission was to promote information literacy. Our milestones speak to our record of success. Adaptation of information literacy practice continues to grow steadily around the globe.Although the NFIL, as an organization, ended its activism in 2015, its legacy, its spirit continues in terms of advocacy and promotion of information literacy practice throughout the world.Purdue University Libraries is home to the NFIL Archives. Feel free to contact them.We sincerely appreciate all those who supported us and our activities throughout the years. Information Literacy Aficionados - We wish you nothing but continued success as you move the mainstreaming information literacy agenda forward!

The first international information literacy experts meeting in Prague, 2003.

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