Information Literacy's Origins

While a remarkably dry topic, here is Wikipedia's two bits as provided by the general public as a slight enlightening into what exactly Information Literacy is, and from whence it came.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_literacy
While initiatives are varied in their inception, approach and overall impact worldwide, an effort is being made to bring some inertia to the cause through organization. InfoLit Global is putting pieces in place to get the world informed, doubly difficult considering varied access to information and how poorly translation can work out. Regardless, I salute their gargantuan undertaking and wish them all the best. Here is their website.

http://www.infolitglobal.info/en/