Each campus has many experts who can provide guidance on the technical aspects of developing valid and reliable instruments. However, such an exercise is meaningless unless it has a secure foundation. Furthermore, one should not assume that existing information literacy efforts, probably developed piecemeal and with tunnel vision, are either effective or even heading in the right direction. The best approach is to ensure that information literacy instruction is aligned with the institution's mission; that all faculty and administrative staff understand that it embraces each of their domains; and that implementation at the institutional, program, and course levels is part of a coherent, and preferably seamless, design.