Press release - release date 29.08.06
Information literacy research project secures funding from Eduserv
The research project Information Literacy Skills - the link between
secondary and tertiary education
<http://www.learningservices.gcal.ac.uk/ils/index.html>
[http://www.learningservices.gcal.ac.uk/ils/index.html] being undertaken
by Glasgow Caledonian University has received funding from Eduserv to
progress a particular strand of its work. The project is about
information literacy which has been defined as 'knowing when and why you
need information, where to find it, and how to evaluate it, use and
communicate it in an ethical manner'. It is an innovative national pilot
to develop an information literacy framework with secondary and tertiary
partners which, at the end of the project, can be rolled out to other
participants. It will aim to produce secondary school leavers with a
skill set which further and higher education can recognise and develop
or which can be applied to the world of work directly. Although
initially concerned only with the secondary and tertiary sectors the
Project has expanded to include the role of information in the workplace
and continuing professional development. The Project has also developed
an advocacy strand with a petition to the Scottish Parliament.
The funding will make it possible for Glasgow Caledonian University to
develop an information literacy framework linking the secondary and
tertiary sectors in co-operation with pre-identified secondary and
tertiary partners and following discussions with SCQF (Scottish Credit
Qualification Framework) (hyperlink to http://www.scqf.org.uk/ ) the
framework will be developed using SCQF aims, structure and key features.
The framework will map the existing learning that is taking place by
allocating a notional level to learning outcomes and support a
continuing learning process through identifying a learning pathway
within the context of SCQF as part of an educational guidance or
personal development planning process.
The target audience for the framework is library and information
professionals working in learning and teaching environments /
organisations and all relevant educational NGO's in Scotland including
Learning and Teaching Scotland, learndirect Scotland, the Scottish
Credit and Qualifications Framework and the Scottish Qualifications
Agency.
The Project timescale is September / October 2006 to Spring 2007. A
conference, reporting on the completed framework will be held in late
Spring/early summer 2007 and the framework will be piloted with partners
in 2007-2008.
Dr John Crawford who is directing the project said:
'In a knowledge economy information literacy is a key skill for the 21st
century and Scotland is playing a key role in developing framework
skills which can be applied not only in this country but elsewhere.
Indeed the Project had attracted a lot of interest overseas'
For further information contact
Dr. John Crawford
Library Research Officer,
Glasgow Caledonian University,
Room 302, (3rd floor)
6 Rose Street,
Glasgow,
G3 6RB
Tel: 0141-273-1248
Email: [log in to unmask] ac.uk <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Christine Irving
Research Assistant / Project Officer,
Glasgow Caledonian University,
Room 305, (3rd floor)
6 Rose Street,
Glasgow,
G3 6RB
Tel: 0141-273-1249
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