Research Guides: Information Literacy Program: What is Information Literacy?

Definition & Framework

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Information literacy skills are essential in today's world. Student development of information literacy is a process that spans the entire college experience.

"Information literacy is the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning." ACRL Framework for Information Literacy, 2016.

Library instruction sessions, Research Guides and the Research 101 course are based on the six frames of the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy:

Authority Is Constructed and Contextual
Information Creation as a Process
Information Has Value
Research as Inquiry
Scholarship as Conversation
Searching as Strategic Exploration

Information Literacy for Faculty and Administrators
This brief guide "provides an introduction to the concept of information literacy and model information literacy programs. It is designed specifically for academic administrators and faculty. Each of the four sections of the guide include links to other web resources that provide additional information." From ACRL.