Information literacy is becoming more prominent in K-12 education and continues to be a vital part of university-level studies. In today's complex society, it's not enough to be able to read, write, and do math. People continuously need to identify and recognize their information needs, locate necessary resources, use the essential information…

Advocates that in a time of increasing amounts of information, universities must teach their students appropriate ways to find, read, and understand the information they need. (MKM)

Describes a number of topics in geography that are effected by the multimedia information revolution. These include research in political geography, finance, and the geography of tourism and medicine. Considers new technologies assisting spatial modeling and visualization of data and their effects on these fields. (MJP)

This report describes how the Oregon Career Information System (CIS) expanded its career information files by adding three new files relevant to education information. Descriptions are given of the Preparation file, containing information specifying various ways to prepare for a particular occupation; the Program file, which describes a complete…