Hi everyone, Re. below, this article reference may be of interest to some, especially in school, college and university libraries settings. The article got a royal trouncing on the ILI-L Digest list-serve, but I think Wilder has some worthwhile points to consider. Cheers, Leo ---------- Wilder, Stanley. "[40]Information Literacy Makes All the Wrong Assumptions" [41]The Chronicle of Higher Education 51(18)(7 January 2005): B13. ( http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v51/i18/18b01301.htm ). - Wilder makes an interesting case for why information literacy programs, a staple at many academic libraries, are a bad idea. Wilder cites such problems as students who feel like they don't need any help finding information, and our inability to reach even a fraction of the potential audience with formal instruction. After arguing his case, he then suggests an alternative model for librarians as teachers, stating that "Librarians should use their expertise to deepen students' understanding of the disciplines they study." By pairing discipline-based and situational teaching moments with smarter, more effective and more easily used information systems, "we can create educational programs that reach everyone on our campuses, every time they turn to us." -From, Current Cites, January 2005. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CurrentCites/2005/cc05.16.1.html Edited by [2]Roy Tennant