Being Fluent with Information Technology

[Sloan, Bernie]

The National Research Council's Computer Science and 
Telecommunications Board will be releasing an interesting
report titled "Being Fluent with Information Technology." Basically,
the report talks about going beyond information literacy to
"information fluency".

The publication annoucement notes that "Fluency requires a deeper 
understanding of how computers work and mastery of technology for 
information processing, communication, and problem solving. People 
who are more adept with information technology will be more 
comfortable  using it and better able to enjoy the benefits of the 
information age."	

The publication annoucement is available at:

http://www2.nas.edu/whatsnew/29fa.html

While the report will be published by the National Academy of
Sciences Press in May, a prepublication copy is available on 
the Web. The document is divided into a number of pdf files. The
table of contents for the report is available at:

http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/BeFIT/

Bernie Sloan
Senior Library Information Systems Consultant
University of Illinois Office for Planning & Budgeting
338 Henry Administration Building
506 S. Wright Street
Urbana, IL  61801
Phone: (217) 333-4895  
Fax: (217) 333-6355
Email: bernies at uillinois.edu