These Information Literacy Progression Standards have been produced by academic librarians working in two and four-year colleges across the state of New Jersey.

They are based on the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) "Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education" but also incorporate good practice examples from institutions throught New Jersey and other parts of the United States.

Librarians were assembled from three different working groups:

Project Timeline (to-date)

October 10, 2008 - CJRLC HQ, Freehold, NJ

• CJARL meeting with Jacqui DaCosta from VALE-SIL

December 12, 2008 - Monmouth University, Long Branch, NJ

• Joint meeting between VALE-SIL, NJ-ACRL_UE, and CJARL to establish task force members and document framework

January 15, 2009 - The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ

• Working meeting

March 20, 2009 - The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ

• Working meeting

April 21, 2009 - Monmouth University, Long Branch, NJ

• Working meeting

April 29, 2009 – NJLA Annual Conference

• Presentation of project background and standards

July 22, 2009 - Monmouth University, Long Branch, NJ

• Working meeting

October 16, 2009 - Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ

• Working meeting

November 19, 2009 - NJEDge.net Conference 6.0, Wyndham Conference Center & Hotel Plainsboro, NJ

• Presentation of project background and standards

December 11, 2009 - Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 

• Working meeting 

January 8, 2010 - VALE Users' Conference, Rutgers University, Busch Campus, Piscataway, NJ

• Presentation of project background, standards, and future

February 19, 2010 - Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ 

• Working meeting