Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (ACRL) : About the Framework

The Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (2015), is among the guiding documents about information literacy developed by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL). The Framework is organized into six frames, each outlining a concept central to information literacy.

Find out more about the six concepts that anchor the frames within the links to the left. 

Authority is Constructed and Contextual

Information Creation as a Process

Information Has Value

Research as Inquiry

Scholarship as Conversation

Searching as Strategic Exploration