Guidelines for Instruction Programs in Academic Libraries. Approved by the ACRL Board of Directors, June 2003.
Revised October 2011. Preamble Academic libraries work together with other members of their institutional communities to participate in, support, and achieve the educational mission of their institutions by teaching the core competencies of information literacy—the abilities involved in identifying an information need, accessing needed information, evaluating, managing, and applying information, and understanding the legal, social, and ethical aspects of information use. Standards for Proficiencies for Instruction Librarians and Coordinators. Revised as Roles and Strengths of Teaching Librarians, approved by the ACRL Board of Directors, April 28, 2017.
Approved by the ACRL Board of Directors, June 24, 2007. Introduction. Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. The Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (originally approved in 2000) were rescinded by the ACRL Board of Directors on June 25, 2016, at the 2016 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, which means they are no longer in force.
This document (and the PDF) will remain on the website until July 1, 2017 to allow for the transition to the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. ACRL is developing resources to assist librarians in using the Framework. Introduction Information Literacy Defined.