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Slovenian, Croatian, Albanian, Ukrainian, Bosnian, Armenian, Thai,<br />

Vietnamese, Laotian, Cambodian, Malaysian, Indonesian, Filipino,<br />

Hindi, Bengali, Turkmen, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Greek, Amharic,<br />

Afrikaans, Swahili, Zulu, Shona, and other languages.<br />

The following “general disclaimer template” was suggested to<br />

guide contributors, but they are encouraged to edit and tailor it to<br />

suit their unique language circumstances as they deem<br />

appropriate.<br />

Also, contributors in multilingual countries were told that they may<br />

wish to include in their introductory disclaimer note a few<br />

sentences such as the following:<br />

"Of course there are many Information Literacy resources which<br />

have been created by our own citizens or others living here, but in<br />

languages such as English and French, rather than our indigenous<br />

language(s). We simply wanted to ensure here, by compiling this<br />

listing, that our own indigenous, native language Information<br />

Literacy resources are made more visible and we don't risk them<br />

being undiscovered or ignored."<br />

Finally, some contributors are expected to place an asterisk (*) tag<br />

in front of an entry on their language list if the entry is of primary<br />

value to laypersons, rather than professionals. The contributors<br />

also have the option of tagging entries intended for various<br />

special-needs audiences, such as students, less literate adults,<br />

unemployed and underemployed and other economically and<br />

socially marginalized and disadvantaged groups in society, such as<br />

women and girls, senior citizens, migrant populations and persons<br />

with disabilities. Most lists at this early stage do not yet use these<br />

tags, but many eventually are expected to as lists are updated, and<br />

new lists continue to be added, and we will try to keep you advised<br />

on this feature. As more entries are continuously added to the lists,<br />

Overview of Information Literacy Resources Worldwide |32

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