Information literacy is the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information.
According to the American Library Association Presidential Committee on Information Literacy (January
10, 1989, Washington, D.C.),
The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (Characteristics of Excellence in Higher Education: Eligibility
Requirements and Standards for Accreditation, 2002, p. 32) defines information literacy as:
The following standards are defined by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL):
For an overview, lists of performance indicators and outcomes, and suggestions for using the standards,
see the
ACRL's Standards Toolkit
.