School librarians unveil first-ever national standards for information literacy.
D.C. The set of nine standards, the Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning, was prepared by AASL and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology to guide school library media specialists and other k-12 educators as they cultivate and refine their students' information literacy skills in print, nonprint and electronic format. Ken Haycock, president of AASL, said the standards are crucial for students' success in the 21st century. Knowing how to obtain and use information properly is increasingly essential both for the students' success in school and for their personal and professional development as socially responsible adults. The standards are designed to help librarians, teachers and others identify links in student information needs, curricular content and learning. The student who is information literate uses information accurately and creatively.