Assessment of Information Literacy: Lessons from the Higher Education Assessment Movement
This paper reviews higher education assessment methods; identifies useful theories and practices; describes assessment programs in academic libraries; and makes recommendations for changes in library education and for future research.
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrlbucket/nashville1997pap/pauschpopp.htm

FIU Libraries
Florida International University Library's Information Literacy section enables links to various academic and practical resources on Literacy research, opinion and training.
http://www.fiu.edu/~library/ili/

Information Literacy: A Clarification
Provides a history of literacy, including discussion of different concepts of literacy. It focuses specifically on the nebulous concept of "information literacy" and its impact on schools and libraries.
http://golum.riv.csu.edu.au/~llangfor/papers/paper5.html

Will Libraries Survive?
Geoffrey Nunberg reviews the history and politics surrounding the digitization of libraries.
http://www.prospect.org/print/V9/41/nunberg-g.html