Internationally, educators have begun research and development of means to increase information literacy. In schools, administrators, teachers, and library media specialists are working together to develop strategies that will enable school children to gain competence in using information. Library school media centers are key places where skills and resources are integrated to provide students with access to information about subjects across the curriculum. In addition, information technologies and information literacy programs have been developed for use in schools. As awareness increased of children's need to be able to manage information, several major developments in education occurred.
Literacy thereby involves process skills which are applied for a particular purpose.
While related to library literacy, information literacy involves skills that are broader. Library instruction that guides students through levels of information need in order to solve a problem or to shape a topic enables them to use information for learning. In the information age, computer literacy, i.e., understanding what computer hardware and software can do, is an essential component of information literacy. Library resource centers have become laboratories for learning the essential components of an information system and for interpreting information. Information skills prepare students to meet the particular demands of the information age.