A seminal event in the development of the concept of information literacy was the establishment of the American Library Association's Presidential Committee on Information Literacy, whose 1989 final report outlined the importance of the concept.
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In 2000, the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), released "Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education", describing five standards and numerous performance indicators considered best practices for the implementation and assessment of postsecondary information literacy programs.
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The Presidential Committee on Information Literacy was formed in 1987 by the American Library Association's president at the time Margaret Chisholm.
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Students making the transition from School to University often feel swamped by information and need to develop skills in information literacy.