(1) A graduating student at the novice level is beginning to attain the prerequisite knowledge and skills that are fundamental in library media. He/she:

(a) seldom initiates an inquiry process and has difficulty monitoring his/her use of the process;

(b) lacks clarity in his/her evaluation of the importance of equitable access; sometimes uses information responsibly; and, with much assistance and prompting, collaborates with others;

(c) has difficulty analyzing and evaluating materials from a variety of cultures and, with assistance, transfers information literacy skills to new settings; and

(d) incompletely analyzes a limited range of search strategies to locate print and nonprint information and, with much assistance, evaluates the information.