Framework for Information Literacy for Higher EducationAdopted in 2016, the Association of Colleges and Research Libraries has developed the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education with six threshold concepts.
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 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.
