Information Literacy Resources for Library and Museum Professionals

Information literacy is a set of skills that people need to find, understand, evaluate, and share information. You can use the resources on this site to plan information literacy programs and help community members build these critical skills.

Start your community’s journey to information literacy

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Information Literacy Topics

Information literacy affects many aspects of our everyday lives, including our health, our finances, and how we search for information online. Learn more about information literacy and explore helpful program planning resources.

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Digital Literacy

Discover how you can help community members access credible information online — and find their way in our rapidly changing digital world.

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Financial Literacy

Find out how you can help community members spot scams, save for the future, and boost their financial wellbeing

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Health Literacy

Learn how you can cultivate health literacy in your community — and help community members get the information they need to care for their health.

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STEAM at the Cambridge Public Library

The Cambridge Public Library provides a doorway to equitable opportunity and learning for everyone. As a champion of literacy, the Library enables patrons of all ages to acquire and expand their STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) literacy skills through resources in the form of high-quality programs, robust collections, dedicated spaces, and professional staff. STEAM at the Library is an integral component of the larger Cambridge STEAM Initiative — a joint venture between the City of Cambridge Department of Human Service Programs, Cambridge Public School Department, and the Library.

Learn about STEAM at the Cambridge Public Library.

Learn, Play, Protect

Children learn best through play, and finding playful ways to help children understand the amazing power of vaccines is a critical piece of reducing vaccine hesitancy for families. The Kansas Children’s Discovery Center created over 500 Learn, Play, Protect classroom kits for distribution throughout the state of Kansas. Kits included three classroom activities with all supplies, plus guides to help educators answer questions in age-appropriate, engaging ways. Including this information in a well-designed learning kit packed with exciting resources provided a natural incentive for teachers to engage with the information.

Learn about the Learn, Play, Protect classroom kits.

Leap into Science

The National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) is a network of networks that brings together organizations committed to providing communities with equitable experiences in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). NGCP serves as a key partner on several national STEM initiatives that strive to increase STEM literacy skills for educators and youth through library programs like the Libraries as Community Hubs for Citizen Science initiative in partnership with Arizona State University/SciStarter, and the Leap into Science program in partnership with the Franklin Institute.

Learn about the Leap into Science program.

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