This paper aims to highlight the attributes of an information literate person and to show how Information literacy contributes to lifelong learning. Information Literacy, according to the American Library Association Presidential Committee on Information Literacy Final Report.3 (1989), are the abilities to know when there is a need for information, and to be able to identify, locate and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand. One’s ability to use information technology effectively in the search and management of information and the capacity to critically appraise and ethically relate to that information to solve a problem are some of the trademarks of an information literate individual. Information literacy