The National Forum on Information Literacy strongly encourages a reexamination of the preparation of students and workers in acquiring the information and digital literacy abilities they need in order to succeed in school and the workplace.
All local, state, and federal stakeholders and policy makers need to co-invest in designing a national blueprint for the systemic integration of these foundational skill sets throughout our formal and informal teaching and learning infrastructures.
These lifelong learning skills provide the framework needed by all Americans to achieve academic, professional, civic, and personal success and to compete effectively in the 21st century global economy.