CC BY 4.0United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCONational Forum on Information Literacy (NFIL)International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)2023-12-182005-11-092023-12-182005-11-09https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/3147Information Literacy lies at the core of lifelong learning. It empowers people in all walks of life to seek, evaluate, use and create information effectively to achieve their personal, social, occupational and educational goals. It is a basic human right in a digital world and promotes social inclusion of all nations. The participants in the High Level Colloquium on Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on 6-9 November 2005 proclaim that information literacy and lifelong learning are the beacons of the Information Society, illuminating the courses to development, prosperity and freedom.enhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Subject::Information literacySubject::Lifelong learningSubject::Information societyStatementsInternational Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)