Table 13. Percentage of academic libraries reporting information literacy activities, by control, level, size, and Carnegie classification of institution: Fiscal year 2008

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Table 13. Percentage of academic libraries reporting information literacy activities, by control, level, size, and Carnegie classification of institution: Fiscal year 2008

Institutional characteristic	Defined information literacy or information literate student¹	Incorporated information literacy into institution's mission	Incorporated information literacy into institution's strategic plan	Has institution-wide committee to implement strategic plan for information literacy	The strategic plan formally recognizes the library's role in information literacy instruction
All U.S. academic libraries	46.3	32.5	30.3	17.8	24.2

Control
Public	55.6	36.3	34.1	18.9	26.1
Private	39.8	29.8	27.6	17.1	22.9

Level²
Total 4-year and above	46.3	33.0	30.1	17.6	24.4
Doctor's	46.2	34.1	31.8	17.1	24.8
Master's	49.9	34.8	31.1	18.3	25.7
Bachelor's	43.0	30.3	27.7	17.4	22.6
Less than 4-year	46.2	31.6	30.5	18.3	24.0

Size (FTE enrollment)³
Less than 1,000	32.3	26.7	25.4	16.4	21.4
1,000 to 2,999	50.4	34.2	30.9	17.3	25.5
3,000 to 4,999	58.7	35.6	34.7	17.7	25.3
5,000 to 9,999	60.2	38.8	37.0	20.7	28.1
10,000 to 19,999	60.1	40.3	32.8	21.0	24.4
20,000 or more	52.5	37.3	38.1	25.4	28.8

Carnegie classification²
Doctoral/Research	50.9	38.9	32.4	19.3	25.5
Master's I and II	60.7	38.8	39.0	20.9	30.3
Baccalaureate	47.8	30.7	26.8	14.4	22.1
Baccalaureate/Associates	56.3	42.7	37.5	25.0	34.4
Associates	47.2	32.4	30.9	18.9	24.6
Specialized	29.8	26.8	23.4	14.7	18.8
Not classified	32.2	22.0	24.3	15.3	19.2
¹ "Information literacy" is the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information.
² While "level" and "Carnegie classification" are similar, there is not complete overlap in the two classifications. "Level" refers to the highest level of any degree offered by the institution. The "Carnegie classification" is based on criteria such as institutional mission and research funding in addition to highest level of degree awarded. The Carnegie classification was developed by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and published in A Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, 2005 Edition.
³ Full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment is calculated by adding one-third of part-time enrollment to full-time enrollment.
NOTE: Total number of institutions responding to each question is shown in Appendix A, table A-1. Data were not imputed for non-response.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Academic Libraries Survey (ALS), 2008.

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