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29ACRL INFORMATION LITERACY COMPETENCY STANDARDSFOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND THEIR APPLICATIONPatricia A. Phillips ∗SUMMARYIn 1989 the American Library Association Presidential Committee on Information Literacy definedinformation literacy as a set of abilities requiring individuals to "recognize when information isneeded and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information". 1 Withtoday's increasingly complex environment of information choices, individuals must learn to useinformation to sustain lifelong learning while applying critical analysis and reasoning. Many states,school districts, state university systems, and local institutions have developed information literacycompetency standards. Accreditation agencies in the U.S. include information literacy outcomes intheir standards. The five standards and twenty-two performance indicators found in the ACRLStandards of 2000 provide a framework for assessing the competency of the information literateindividual. The presentation will discuss some examples of how higher education institutions areincorporating information literacy into the curriculum's content, structure, and sequence. Theoutcomes help faculty and librarians to develop assessment instruments to measure student progresstoward information literacy. The presentation will review examples of some of the assessment toolsused at institutions of higher education.∗ Library of University of Texas at El Pasoemail: pphillip@libr.utep.eduACRL Information Literacy Competency StandardsFor Higher Education And Their Application