Information literacy in the digital age looks very different than it did even 5 years ago. Interestingly, I think the Wordle has the terms in the right order; the literacies focus on finding, using, and manipulating information in a variery of ways.There is a greater recognition that literacy encompasses a much larger set of skills and life skills than the 5Rs.
Kathy Schrock has provided a concise list of the literacies that are important in the digital age.
So, here is her list:

               
Information literacy                             
Tool literacy             Health literacy               Critical literacy        Media literacy
Digital literacy         Historical literacy           Global literacy        Civic literacy
Data literacy             Economic literacy          Visual literacy      Traditional literacy  
  From "Literacy in the Digital Age" by Kathy Schrock

The question becomes "What are we doing to teach these literacies within our classrooms?" How do we incorporate opportunities for our students to practice and become comfortable with these literacies?

Maybe the first question should be how comfortable am I with these new vocabularies?

    We are pleased to welcome the Manitoba Association of Library Technicians as a Conference partner. School libraries are very aware of the importance of collaboration both within the walls of their respective schools and outside those walls within the community. This partnership with MALT is one example of community collaboration.

    Our focus on literacies with this Conference will resonate with all our library communities; particularly school, public, and academic. We are all looking at ways of supporting digital citizenship, information literacy, and literacy in general.

    Although we believe that the ideal library benefits from the close collaboration of a teacher librarian and a library technician, we also recognise that this is not the reality in many Manitoba schools. We will be looking closely at our Conference sessions to ensure that we are considering the needs of all library staff. We will have sessions dealing with technical issues such are RDA, PPR, and Copyright as well as sessions for librarians, teachers, and others interested in literacy issues.

    A last word to our library technicians, both within MSLA and within MALT: please take this opportunity to have a voice in the Conference. Please tell us what you need. Consider submitting a proposal for a Conference session, comment on our posts; join the conversation. The MSLA Conference will be a great professional development opportunity - with your help.