The level of student's information literacy based on the information literacy standards for the higher education students (ACRL)

The present paper attempts to study and evaluate the real and basic information literacy of Payam-e-Noor University students in relation to their average and the rate of access to computer.
The method of this study is descriptive survey. The population of this study was 300 students of Esfahan¡ Shahreza¡ and Semiroum Payam-e-Noor universities. The method of sampling was cluster sampling. Research tool is the questionnaire designed by Davarpanah and Siyamak. To analyze data¡ descriptive statistics¡ Pearson’s correlation and SPSS software were used.
Findings: The total grade of a student with the information literacy was 87 and the point of 50% was 43.5. The total grade of the studied samples in the information literacy skills was 20.10 and the point of standard deviation was 5.62. The lowest average grade related to fifth standard was 3.49. Also¡ there was a meaningful relation between the first and the second standards¡ as well as the accessibility of students to the computer but there was no meaningful relation between the accessibility to computer with the other standards.
The real level of students’ information literacy was lower than the half of questionnaire grades. The academic education and attendance in the university has not effect on the raise of students’ information literacy level.