Information Awareness Month for 2011 will be launched by the Australian Information Commissioner, Professor John McMillan AO, at the National Library of Australia on 3 May 2011.

The purpose of Information Awareness Month (IAM) is to increase public awareness of information and its place in all aspects of daily life.  By focusing attention during the month of May on the role that information plays in day to day activities, the value of good information practices and policies are highlighted and promoted.

The theme for IAM 2011 is Information overload: Finding the tree in the digital forest. This theme is also connected to the United Nations General Assembly declaration of 2011 as International Year of Forests.
The launch event for Information Awareness Month 2011 is scheduled for 5:30 pm on Tuesday 3rd May 2011 at the National Library, Canberra ACT.

Following the launch, there will be refreshments and the opportunity to network amongst other leaders in the IM field.

Information Awareness Month was launched at National Archives by Minister John Faulkner in 2009 and by Senator Kate Lundy in 2010.

IAM is a collaborative event between various bodies within the records, archives, library, knowledge, information and data management communities and is now in its sixth year. 

Organisations currently participating in the Information Awareness Consortium are:
·    National Archives of Australia    
·    Institute for Information Management
·    Records Management Association of Australasia    
·    Australian Library and Information Association
·    ACT Knowledge Management Forum
·    Australian Government Libraries Information Network
·    The Australian Information Industry Association
·    The Australian Computer Society
·    Australian Society of Archivists
·    Disaster ACT