1. Gabriela Sonntag, in a report on the results of a national information literacy survey, saw a widespread adoption of the concept and concluded that many institutions that did not use the term “information literacy” were still familiar with the concept under another name. See Gabriela Sonntag, “Report on the National Information literacy Survey: Documenting Progress Throughout the United States.” College & Research Libraries 62 (10) (November 2001): 996–1001; Thomas Kirk actually considered information literacy synonymous with other terms used to describe the education activities of librarians. See Thomas Kirk Jr., “Information Literacy: New Buzzword or New Library Service?” Library Issues 21 (6) (2001)
2. “The higher education accreditation associations, both general and disciplinary-specific, are aware of and embracing information literacy, and are either considering or have adopted information literacy standards,” Gabriela Sonntag wrote. See Gabriela Sonntag, “Report on the National Information literacy Survey: Documenting Progress Throughout the United States”
3. Citing the United States, Canada, UK, Sweden, Singapore, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Japan and China as examples, Christine Bruce concluded that information literacy “has captured the imagination of librarians, other educators and information professionals around the world.” See Christine Bruce, “Information Literacy Programs and Research: An International Review,” Australian Library Journal (August 2000): 209–218
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5. Educating the Cut-and-Paste Generation;Roth;Library Journal,1999