Information literacy policies and planning in Ibero-America: Perspectives from an international digital survey Pinto Molina, María García Marco, Javier Ponjuán, Gloria Sales, Dora Digital skills Higher Education Ibero-America Information literacy Information skills National plans Strategic plans Survey studies Training programmes We gratefully acknowledge the participation of the experts consulted in the study and their invaluable contribution: Paola Ascensión. Librarian. Pontificia Universidad Católica (Peru) Carlos A. Ávila Araujo. Assistant Professor. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG (Brazil) Regina Baptista Belluzzo. Lecturer. UNESP – Marília (Brazil) Aida Bedón. Assessor. Escuela Politécnica del Ejército (Ecuador) Andoni Calderón. Librarian. Biblioteca de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) Ma. Gladys Ceretta. Lecturer. Escuela Universitaria de Bibliotecología y Ciencias Afines, Universidad de la República (Uruguay) José de J. Cortés. Senior Lecturer. Universidad Autónonoma de Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) Ana A. Chiesa. Librarian. Instituto Pío XII (Argentina) Mercedes Fernández. Lecturer. Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias Médicas/Infomed (Cuba) Francisco J. García Marco. Professor. Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain) Sandra García Rivadulla. Research Librarian. Towers Watson / Universidad de la República (Uruguay) Álvaro Gascue Quiñones. Lecturer. Universidad de la República (Uruguay) José A. Gómez. Professor. Universidad de Murcia (Spain) Ma. del Carmen Ladrón de Guevara. Senior Lecturer. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina) Jesús Lau. Senior Lecturer. Universidad Veracruzana (Mexico) Judith Licea. Senior Lecturer. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico) Gloria Marciales. Senior Lecturer. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia) Berenice Mears. Lecturer. Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) Grizly Meneses. Assistant Professor. Departamento Ciencias de la Información, Universidad Central (Cuba) Alice Miranda. Lecturer. Universidad de Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Eva Ortoll. Senior Lecturer. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Spain) Cristóbal Pasadas. Research Librarian. Universidad de Granada (Spain) Analia Povolo. Lecturer. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Argentina) Nelva Quevedo. Research Librarian. Universidad de Lima (Peru) Ada Rengifo. Research Librarian. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Peru) Ana María Reusch. Lecturer. Universidad de Playa Ancha, Valparaíso (Chile) Liuris Rodríguez. Lecturer. Universidad de las Ciencias Informáticas (Cuba) Lourdes Rovalo. Librarian. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico) Dora Sales. Senior Lecturer. Universidad Jaume I, Castellón (Spain) Gerardo Sánchez. Librarian. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico) Marlery Sánchez. Lecturer. Centro Nacional de Biopreparados (Cuba) Juan Carlos Sierra. Lecturer. Universidad de La Salle – Bogotá (Colombia) Blanca Estela Solís Valdespino. Lecturer. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico) Marines Santana Justo Smith. Lecturer. UNESP – Marília (Brazil) Lourdes Tiscareño. Lecturer. Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) Alejandro Uribe. Lecturer. Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia) Ma. Segunda Varela. Lecturer. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (Argentina) Aurora de la Vega. Research Librarian. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Peru) Marcela Verde. Assistant Professor. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina) An analysis of the state of the policies and plans on information literacy in Ibero-America is presented, based on the results of a survey carried out on 42 librarians and academics from 13 different countries, specialized in the development of information skills. The data were gathered from a detailed questionnaire survey conducted during the years 2012–2013. The information was collected through open questions, which were later codified and standardized to allow quantitative analysis. In the results and discussion, the information literacy planning landscape in Ibero-America is presented in its most general and abstract aspects – the national policies – its visibility in the institutional strategic plans, and its deployment through specific programmes and actions. Widespread progress can be appreciated, as a large number of the institutions to which the invited experts belong have achieved the implementation of systematic programmes (42.9%), and with the rest, except in one case, involved in preparatory actions, pilot projects and activities of transition from the more traditional users’ training activities. Recommendations are offered on the inclusion of information literacy within the national policies for improved digital and media literacy, on its deployment in higher education institutions, and on the need for a truly interdisciplinary effort to articulate the field, looking for an effective and efficient integration of the current and diverse approaches and actions. 2020-05-12T08:43:37Z 2020-05-12T08:43:37Z 2017-12 journal article Versión del editor: Pinto, M., Garcia-Marco, F.-J., Ponjuán, G., & Sales, D. (2019). Information literacy policies and planning in Ibero-America: Perspectives from an international digital survey. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 51(2), 511–526. [https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000617742449] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/61963 10.1177/0961000617742449 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ open access Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España SAGE Publications