This second edition of the 2001 Information literacy standards is entitled the Australian and New Zealand information literacy framework: principles, standards and practice to reflect the ways academics and librarians have used the first edition. It incorporates changes developed at a workshop in Sydney in January 2003. Prior to the workshop, input was received from university, technical and further education and other librarians from around Australia and New Zealand. More than fifty academics and librarians who had used the first edition contributed their experience. Two small groups worked on each standard, and the ideas developed were peer reviewed by a third group. A steering group evaluated this material, and a representative panel from the workshop reviewed the penultimate version. This edition is thus consistent with the first edition, but benefits from input based on experience in use, and peer review. Given the care with which the standards have been revised, there can be increased confidence in their use, especially in the tertiary education sector.