Media and information literacy
Using this resource
This module provides information and frameworks through which students and educators can develop an understanding of both the importance of good information, media and digital literacy and the skills to put these literacies into action.
Through examples drawn from the Library's collections, this module provides opportunities to explore how and why digital and media literacy can and should be exercised.
Michelle Ciulla Lipkin audio recordings
Michelle Ciulla Lipkin is the Executive Director of the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) in the United States. Through her work, Lipkin has helped NAMLE grow to be the preeminent media literacy education association in the U.S. Her passion for media literacy education stems from a very personal place.
Read more about her story: Her family tragedy was breaking news. Now she makes students into better media consumers.
In 2017, in conjunction with the United States Embassy, the Library hosted an event with Michelle Cuilla Lipkin and U.S. Embassy Chargé d'Affaires Gavin Sundwall. The event covered the need for strong media and informational literacy and how to evaluate and identify the bias presented in the media. Throughout this module, snippets of this event are embedded and provide more information about this topic.
Topics in this module

N.S.W. Teachers' Federation & New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation. (1919). LITERACY: FACT and FICTION, Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-710682297

Sandy Scheltema, Australian Electoral Commission officer standing next to a 'How to Vote in a Federal Election' poster outside the polling place in Glenlyon Hall, during the Australian federal election, Glenlyon, Victoria, 21 May, 2022, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3108998796

Wolfgang Sievers, Information desk at German stand, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria 1966, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-161478886
Interpreting the collection

Wolfgang Sievers, Information desk at German stand, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria 1966, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-161478886
![A yellowed sheet of paper with the headline '[Co]nventional Lies of the Anti-Federal Party'. The 'C' and 'O' of the word 'conventional' is missing as the corner of the page has been torn off. The very small text is set out in four columns](https://www.library.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/image_cards_dynamic/public/images/2024-11/collection-manuscript-lies-anti-federal-nla-obj-135107257.jpg?h=c6b67ce7&itok=QTeYabj2)
(1899). Conventional lies of the Anti-Federal Party, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-135107257

(1962, October 31). Tribune (Sydney, NSW : 1939 - 1991), p. 1, nla.gov.au/nla.news-page25610837

Commonwealth Coal Commission from New South Wales. Department of Health. & Commonwealth Salvage Commission (Australia). & Commonwealth Coal Commission (Australia), Coal is Vital to Victory!, from [Posters Relating to the Australian Civilian War Effort During World War 2]. nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2633341080
Curriculum links
This module aligns with the Australian Curriculum v9.
This module provides information and opportunities to exercise information, media, and digital literacy skills by drawing on the collections of the National Library of Australia to provide examples. By the nature of the collection items used, Humanities and Social Sciences, English and Languages Learning Areas are represented specifically, but the information and media literacy skills can be applied more broadly in Learning Areas across the curriculum.
This module makes connections with other General Capabilities described by the Australian Curriculum including Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking and Digital Literacy.
For more information about the Australian Curriculum General Capabilities, please see the Australian Curriculum website.