Information Literacy:

Information Literacy was defined in the Final Report by the American Library Association Presidential Committee on Information Literacy in 1989 as follows:

"To be information literate, a person must be able recognize when information is needed and have the ability locate, evaluate and use effectively the needed information"

Click this link to the Association of College and Research Library's site to view information literacy standards.

http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/acrlinfolit/infolitstandards/standardstoolkit.htm

CourseBase is dedicated to promoting information literacy in its many forms. The information literacy standards described by the ACRL will be addressed in future tutorials.