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Information literacy is a set of competencies such as how to find, use and evaluate information effectively. Information literate people is people who know when they need information, and able to identify, locate, evaluate, organize, and use information effectively to address and help resolve personal, job-related, or broader social issues and problems. In 2013, UNESCO reported the rate of adult literacy among several countries in Asia. It is likely that the adult literacy rate had growth 5% in 2015. However, the current body of literature has shown a dramatic increase in those percentages. Nowadays, information literacy instruction has been adopted in many contexts (health, environmental, education, politic, etc) and the condition of people in rural communities less literate than the urban communities. The aim of this paper was to discuss the appropriate model of information literacy in rural communities. This study assists them to use information in regard to environmental problems, increase their economic value, and rise up their social welfare. This study is based on action research approach. Results showed that information literacy model facilitates improvements in the social welfare through collaboration between community and government along students' participations. The study suggests that collaboration in social welfare is very important and the application of information literacy can help the society to minimize the knowledge gap for their environmental problem-solving and sustainability.