That is, faculty and librarians must work together to accomplish different parts of the standards; students must be surrounded by demands for these skills in every term; students must be expected to perform at progressively higher levels each year. On the other hand, skills instruction must never be repetitive, offered in a vacuum, or disassociated from active learning. None of this can be accomplished without faculty buy-in.

"Developing lifelong learners is central to the mission of higher education institutions. By ensuring that individuals have the intellectual abilities of reasoning and critical thinking, and by helping them construct a framework for learning how to learn, colleges and universities provide the foundation for continued growth throughout their careers, as well as in their roles as informed citizens and members of communities."

"Achieving competency in information literacy requires an understanding that this cluster of abilities is not extraneous to the curriculum but is woven into the curriculum’s content, structure, and sequence." (ALA standards)

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