information literacy sans frontieres
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Paper given at JISC Digital Content Conference 1 July 2009TRANSCRIPT
Information Literacy sans frontieres
Peter GodwinUniversity of Bedfordshire1 July 2009
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Information Literacy sans frontieres
Information Literacy as the key for 21st century librarians
The Web 2.0 connectionTowards a mobile future?Conclusions
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“Information Literacy education is the catalyst required
to transform the information society of today into the learning society of tomorrow”.
(Christine Bruce)
Shall we end up like Hadrian’s Library in Athens?
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The death of librarianship?
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“We’re there to guide, challenge, provide access.
and educate!”
They don’t know what they don’t know!
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JISC Higher education in a Web 2.0 world(2009)
"Information literacies – including searching, retrieving and critically evaluating information from a range of appropriate sources and also attributing it – represent a significant and growing deficit area.”
It’s a lifelong process
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Student needs are changing
They will challenge us
At the centre of all the literacies
Media literacy
IT literacy Information literacy Language literacy Visual literacy
E literacy Information fluency I-skills Information skills
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What does it mean to be Information Literate?
What is Information Literacy?
“Information literacy is the adoption of appropriate information behaviour to identify through whatever channel or medium, information well fitted to information needs, leading to wise and ethical use of information in society.”
(Sheila Webber and Bill Johnston)
SCONUL Seven Pillars framework
Recognising need for information
Distinguishing sources and access
Constructing search strategies
Locating and accessing Comparing & evaluating Organising, applying
and communicating Synthesising and adding
new knowledge
The phenomenological view of Information Literacy
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Information Literacy
http://www.search-cube.com
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CIBER report, Information behaviour of the researcher of the future. Jan. 2008
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But is it too late for them?
Challenges for Information Literacy
Poor coverage in national mediaNeed to use logo widelyNew promo campaigns working with
other stakeholders
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It’s more than digital literacy
and it’s NOT telling them about the Library !
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Information Literacy is a process
SCHOOLS
UNI Level 1
UNI Level 2
UNI Level 3
UNILevel
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To them we appear as custodians, representatives of a thing, not as partners in facilitating learning!
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It’s about embedding
“Information Literacy is big and messy,
aiming to change habits, via skills embedded
in subject study”
Librarians as movers and shakers
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Web 2.0
Web 2.0
RSS feeds Wikis
Blogs Mashups Podcasting Tagging Vodcasting flickr Twitter del.icio.us MySpace YouTube Instant messagingLibraryThing
Library 2.0
Find out your users’ changing needs Get rid of the culture of perfect Become aware of emerging technologies
and opportunities Look outside the library world for
applications, opportunities, inspiration
Recent ACRL report
Booth, Char Informing innovation : tracking student interest in emerging Library technologies at Ohio University.
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5163 fans
delicious
YouTube
Podcasts
LibraryThing
Instant messaging
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4.1 billion mobile subscriptions in the world by end of 2008 That’s 61.1% of the global population.
By end of 2008 335m mobile broadband subscribers.14% in developed world, and 1% in developing world.
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23% of 6.7 billion use the internet
Mobile devices
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Blackberry
CellphoneiPodTouch iPhone
Pda
Count the iPhones
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Mobilib at NCSU Library
Tours
Handhelds for reference services at Penn State University
Emily Rimland Penn State University Used Sony Viai UX-490, OQO, Futitsu Lifebook and
Nokia N-810
Using Neo Reader which is free on the iPhone.1. Scan the QR Code2. Accept the image taken3. Neo Reader automatically delivers an action. In this case to open my Flickr stream.
QR codes
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Use RefWorks on your mobile with RefMobile
Into the future
Librarians have a dynamic part to play in student learning, through assisting in information literacy development
We must work strategically with academic staff to embed these information literacy interventions
We should encourage a joined-up approach to IL from schools through HE into lifelong learning.
We have a raft of Web 2.0 tools to help with this.
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Try out Web 2.0 tools and use them where they work
Continous Personal Development
The new Open University CPD course GT067
Key to knowledge
Wired up
Books, e-books
Promoting equality
Being where they are
Community and diversity
The New Librarian?
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Our future
“Our interventions should be constructive, active, asking questions – we are there to sharpen the calibre of their questions.”
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Librarians go wild
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