September 8th: International Literacy Day
Posted: September 7, 2006 Filed under: Information Literacy Comments Off on September 8th: International Literacy DaySeptember 8, UNESCO’s International Literacy Day, is a timely reminder to the world about the importance of literacy for individuals, families, communities, and whole societies. This year’s theme, “Literacy sustains development,” emphasizes that literacy is not only a positive outcome of development processes, but also a lever of change and an instrument for achieving further social progress….more