Abstract: University students＂ information needs and information utilization behavior have changed materially under net- work environment. University libraries should innovate information literacy education model to carry out the embedded information literacy education. This paper expounds the connotation and characteristics of the em- bedded information literacy education, analyses problems of information literacy education for university stu- dents, and discusses realization paths of embedded information literacy education in university libraries.

Key words: information literacy education; embedded information literacy education; university library; university student