Skills for students….training for librarians

Drawing some conclusions from the JISC funded UK survey of information skills training for

students

Journey started April 2001

Information skills training provision for students

survey present practice

to identify instances of ‘good practice’

to develop an Information skills resource base

to make recommendations for future developments

Literature review

Audit

Case studies

Project website

Toolkits

Final report

Dissemination activities

Issues from the literature review

Literature Review

Lifelong learning & Employability

Partnerships & collaboration

Librarians as educators

Survey resultsJust over 55% of institutions include IS in their Learning & Teaching strategy

Rises to 80% for libraries

Responsibility for training lies mainly with librarians

55% of respondents evaluate IS, most popular form is printed questionnaire

Around half of the institutions include IS training as part of an assessed module

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Addresses the Information Need•determines how to address the

information need•formulates keywords & search strategies

•selects and evaluates information sources

Retrieves Information•interrogates a range of sources

•selects, reviews, retains & discardsresults as necessary

Recognises an Information Need• determines the nature & extent

of the need•confers with others e.g. peers, tutors

•aware of range of info resources

Adapts Information•interprets information found to match

information need•creates new knowledge for self &

others•recognises accumulation of new

knowledge

Reviews the Process

•reflects whether the original informationneed has been met

•repeats process if necessary•understands process & reuses

in other contexts(lifelong learning)

Organises Information•keeps accurate records of sources

and references•cites references using appropriate method

•aware of issues of copyright &plagiarism

Communicates Information•disseminates information effectively to

others•uses appropriate methods

Evaluates Information Critically•assesses quality, quantity & relevance

of retrieved information•revises search strategy and repeats

as necessary•assesses quality of information retrieved

for bias, currency & authority

The Information

LiteratePerson

Your 5 steps to success

Step 5communicate

review &

Step 2get hold ofinformation

Step 3evaluate

information

Step 1define topic

& plan search

Step 4organise & use

information

Ask yourself…

Is it up to date? Does this help me answer my assignment question?

Is it biased?

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Evaluating information foundon the Internet

Coverage

Objectivity

Currency

Organisation

Authority

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Provides guidance

Links to follow-up

On-line references

Challenges & Opportunities

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National coherent

strategy

Training the trainers

Curriculum & assessment

Professional development programmes

Embedded Information

skills

Expertise & partnerships

A final thought

“With Information literacy as their ticket, academic librarians have an opportunity to re-enter the teaching and learning arena in a new guise and carve out a challenging, unique role in the world of academia – that is to re-invent themselves in a new image”

Judith Peacock

ACURIL XXXII: the new librarian.com, 2002

Project website : http://www.leeds.ac.uk/bigblue