This document discusses using project-based learning to develop information literacy skills and global competency in higher education courses. It recommends formalizing the relationship between accrediting bodies and information literacy standards, and encouraging collaboration between education and library faculty through joint research and conference presentations. National standards for information literacy from the ALA and AASL emphasize finding, evaluating, and using information effectively.

1. Project-based Learning In Higher Education: Developing Information Literacy Skills & Global Competency In Research And Technology Course Craig Anderson Linda Cifelli Dawn Marie Dowd Claudia Knezek Melda N. Yildiz

2. Information Literacy The Set Of Skills Needed To “Recognize When Information Is Needed And…to Locate, Evaluate, And Use Effectively The Needed Information" (American Library Association, 1989)