Helping students learn to find, assess, and use information critically is something academic librarians have taken to heart. The set of skills involved – collected under the awkward name “information literacy” – has been the focus of a significant percentage of professional publications and presentations. Information literacy is also the subject of at least three annual conferences, a post-graduate study program, and a long- running discussion list of over 4,700 members. Librarians are serious about information literacy because learning is what libraries are for.
