The goal of this research was to explore the specificities of teaching information literacy in primary school libraries in rural areas. In today's educational environment, information literacy skills are necessary for school and lifelong education. In the educational system, these skills are primarily developed through school libraries. However, it is not sufficient that information literacy is only a part of the school library curriculum. Instead, it is necessary to link information literacy skills and subject content in a cross-curricular way and to establish a school-wide collaboration. In addition to curriculum planning and collaboration, adequate technical infrastructure is needed for successful information literacy programs, which is potentially an issue for primary schools in rural areas, where lack of funds is often a hindrance. In addition to finances, the dislocation of primary school libraries in rural areas negatively impacts collaboration with other institutions and linking programs with extracurricular activities. Shorter working hours are also characteristic for rural school libraries which is an additional factor that can negatively influence the quality of information literacy teaching. This research on how students and librarians perceive the way and successfulness of teaching information literacy in primary schools in the Vukovar-Srijem County showed that there are specificities of teaching information literacy in primary school libraries in rural areas. For a more detailed understanding of this phenomenon additional research should be carried out to compare rural and urban areas.