They hold high standards for their work and create quality products. Information literate students are flexible, can adapt to change and are able to function independently, and in groups. The Jefferson County Information Literacy Standards provide all students with a process for learning that is transferable among content areas and from the academic environment to real life. The responsibility for helping students achieve information literacy resides with the Jefferson County library information specialists, library media staff, teachers, administrators and the community. The library information specialist, teaching collaboratively with other teachers, is vital to student learning.
Information literacy is a process applicable to all content areas.
By collaborating with the classroom teacher, the library information specialist enables students to achieve content standards. The efficient use of these skills is necessary for successful living in the twenty-first century. This document reflects language taken from Jefferson County Schools Content Standards and English Language Arts Student Performance Expectation documents. Additionally, it incorporates language from the Information Literacy Standards For Colorado School Libraries which were developed by the Colorado School Library Standards committee for Colorado Department of Education.