Which of the following are true for ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards?

A. Applicable to the higher education sector

B. Rescinded in 2006

C. Proposes five standards with 20 performance indicators

D. The information literate student determines the nature and extent of information needs

E. Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives has been considered to map the outcomes

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The correct answer is A, D and E only

Key Points

• ACRL:
  • The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association, is a professional association of academic librarians and other interested individuals.
  •  In 1940, the Association of College and Research Libraries became the American Library Association's first division.
  •  In 1956, when the Library Reference Services Division was established as a separate division of the American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries changed the "Reference" to "Research" in its name and became the Association of College and Research Libraries
  • Information literacy competency standard for higher education is published by ACRL.
  • The ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) Information Literacy Competency Standards are indeed applicable to the higher education sector. 
  • The ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education were rescinded in 2016 during the American Library Association's Annual Conference.
  • There are five standards with twenty-two performance indicators in place, primarily aimed at addressing the information literacy needs of higher education students.
  • One of the key components of information literacy, as outlined in the ACRL standards, is that an information-literate student should be able to determine the nature and extent of their information needs. 
  • Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives is a widely used framework for categorizing learning objectives based on cognitive complexity.