"Information literate people are those who have learned how to learn.  They know how to learn because they know how knowledge is organized, how to find information,  and how to use information in such a way that others can learn from them.  They are people prepared for lifelong learning, because they can always find the information needed for any task or decision at hand." 

American Library Association. Report of the Presidential Committee on Information Literacy.  http://www.ala.org/acrl/nili/ilit1st.html

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"Information literacy encompasses more than good information-seeking behavior. It incorporates the abilities to recognize when information is needed and then to phrase questions designed to gather the needed information. It includes evaluating and then using information appropriately and ethically once it is retrieved from any media, including electronic, human or print sources. The responsibility for helping people become information literate is best shared across a campus."

Association of College and Research Libraries
Objectives for Information Literacy Instruction:
A Model Statement for Academic Librarians http://www.ala.org/acrl/guides/objinfolit.html Jan 2001