An Information Literate Student...

Can Judge

The information literate student judges the type and amount of information needed for a specific purpose.

Can Access

The information literate student designates the correct information retrieval tools (www or library databases) and designs effective and efficient search strategies for those tools.

Can Critically Evaluate

The information literate student peruses the amassed information for value and integrates this into his own knowledge base.

Can Create

The information literate student examines and consolidates his and other researchers ideas in such a way that the end product is a new information entity.

Can Ethically & Legally Retrieve & Use Resources

The information literate student ethically and legally makes use of collected information and technolgy. The students understands the economic, social and legal ramifications of not doing so.

See Standards & Guidelines from the American Library  Association and the Association of College and Research Libraries.