INFORMATION LITERACY AND HIGHER EDUCATION COMPETENCY STANDARDS

Abstract

Information Literacy is common to all disciplines, to environments, and to all levels of education. Developing life long learners is central to the mission of higher education institutions ensuring that individual learners have the intellectual abilities of reasoning and critical thinking through helping them construct a framework for learning how to learn. Incorporating information literacy across curricula, in all programs and services, and throughout the administrative life of the university, requires the collaborative efforts of faculty, librarians, and administrators