2_UNESCO_Composite_Document
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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 />
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