Die Standards der Informationskompetenz im Bibliotheksverbund Bayern: Bewährtes festhalten, Maßstäbe setzen, Vergleichbarkeit herstellen, Qualität sichern

When teaching information literacy becomes a core task of libraries, best practice transforms into standards. Libraries need information literacy standards as basis for their cooperative work. Standards create competitive advantage und help to maintain best practice. In addition to the information literacy standards for students published by the German Library Association (Deutscher Bibliotheksverband) the Bavarian Library Network (Bibliotheksverbund Bayern) has developed guidelines for the organization of information literacy courses, that are addressed to the decision makers in the universities. Another target group of the Bavarian academic libraries is focused by the standards for high school students that describe the information literacy competencies teached by libraries. This contribution presents the guidelines and standards of the Bavarian Library Network and discusses their realization