Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy That Illustrate Best Practices
Category 9:  Outreach  

Outreach activities for an information literacy program:

·         communicate a clear message defining and describing the program and its value to targeted audiences;

·         provide targeted marketing and publicity to stakeholders, support groups and media channels;

·         target a wide variety of groups;

·         use a variety of outreach channels and media, both formal and informal;

·         include participation in campus professional development training by offering or co-sponsoring workshops and programs that relate to information literacy for faculty and staff;

·         advance information literacy by sharing information, methods and plans with peers from other institutions;

·         are the responsibility of all members of the institution, not simply the librarians.  

ACRL  Information Literacy Resources