Goals Ensuring Ohio's Information Literate Future

1. All high school students must be taught the 21st century information skills needed for transition from high school to college and into the world of work.

2. Robust research experiences must be incorporated into classroom teaching strategies to better prepare Ohio's juniors and seniors for college-level research.

3. Students and educators must have free and equitable access to an essential academic core collection of online and physical library materials appropriate to PreK-20 research.

4. Ohio's education faculty must understand that the preparation of student teachers must include 21st century information literacy skills and how collaboration with school librarians can contribute to these instructional objectives.

5. INFOhio and OhioLINK must formally partner with state initiatives and advocacy groups to help them develop 21st century learning skills that include information literacy and incorporate those skills within their own goals.

6. INFOhio and OhioLINK must provide school and academic librarians with opportunities to work together to develop collaborations supporting the transition of secondary school students to college-level research.