Barack Obama declara octubre, como el mes de la alfabetización en información (ALFIN).

NATIONAL INFORMATION LITERACY AWARENESS MONTH, 2009. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , A PROCLAMATION
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
October 1, 2009

Every day, we are inundated with vast amounts of information. A 24-hour news cycle and thousands of global television and radio networks, coupled with an immense array of online resources, have challenged our long-held perceptions of information management. Rather than merely possessing data, we must also learn the skills necessary to acquire, collate, and evaluate information for any situation. This new type of literacy also requires competency with communicationtechnologies, including computers and mobile devices that can help in our day-to-day decisionmaking.

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