THE FUTURE OF INFORMATION LITERACYLaura Saunders

NELIG 2013

Philips Andover Academy

IL: WHAT & WHY?

WHO IS INTERESTED?

THE CURRENT PICTUREOpportunities & Challenges

AREAS OF CONVERGENCE: OPPORTUNITIES

Wide recognition of importance of IL Relevance Collaboration Integration Mission alignment

WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY

Collaboration is key Move past search and retrieval Define and demonstrate relevance Importance of assessment

WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS?

Commonly identified: resources, faculty reticence/attitude, lack of common vocabulary, lack of role definitions…

WHAT COMES NEXT?Charting the Future

FACULTY PERSPECTIVES

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HOW DO WE ACCESS OUR OPPORTUNITIES…

…WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS?

AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY

Communication: The language of

faculty Il in the disciplines Beyond retrieval to

evaluation Assessment as

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TRENDS: INSTRUCTION

Threshold concepts: transformative & troublesome! Metadata & findability Good searches use database structure Format as process Authority is constructed & contextual ‘Primary source’ is an exact and conditional

category Information as commodity Research solves problems

Evaluation & Skepticism

TRENDS: OUTREACH & INTEGRATION

Embedding Research Consultations Focus on faculty

TAKING THE LEAD