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Information Literacy in Academic Libraries

Scottish Academic Libraries Co-operative Training Group and CILIP's Community Services Group's Information Literacy Group invite you to a training event for anyone interested in developing their information literacy (IL) training practices.

 

Jordanhill Library, Henry Wood Building, Jordanhill Campus, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow <http://www.strath.ac.uk/maps/travel.htm> 

Friday 28th April 2006 10am-4pm

 

Fee: £45.00

Lunch and refreshments provided

 

Programme:

 

Information literacy: what is it and why is it important?

Debbi Boden: Faculty Team Leader, Imperial College London

Ruth Stubbings: Academic Services Manager, Loughborough University

 

Information literacy is gaining more prominence amongst librarians in the UK.  It means different things to different people.  This inter-active session will encourage participants to share their thoughts on:

* what information literacy means to them

* whether information literacy is important

* what should be taught in an information literacy lecture / course

* who should teach information literacy

 

A quick fix for all? - Embedding IL into the curriculum

Hannah Hough: Senior Learning Advisor, St Martin's College, Lancaster

 

Research shows that students are most likely to engage with IL training when it is embedded within their academic courses and linked to specific assignments. It would therefore be optimal to develop a different training session for each student cohort, each year, but unfortunately this would inevitably be resource-intensive and ultimately uneconomical. This session discusses the benefits and disadvantages of both generic and tailored IL support strategies and investigates where the middle-ground may lie that allows IL trainers to meet the needs of individual users in an efficient way. 

 

Measuring (or trying to) information literacy

John Crawford, Library Research Officer, Glasgow Caledonian University

 

Measuring information literacy or deciding how information literate students are is fraught with difficulties partly because of the assumptions we tend to have about how students should use information. The information literacy process varies in different subject areas. In some subject areas it is implicit in the educational process, in others not. How do students view sources of information and what motivates students to use them? Is the University learning environment necessarily the place to look for the answers? Can we learn lessons from outside formal higher education, from the workplace and work based learning? The presentation looks at these questions and attempts to offer some answers. 

 

But we've done the library tour already

Chris Powis, Learning Support Co-ordinator, University College Northampton

 

Motivating students to engage with information literacy can be the most difficult part of the whole process.  This session will look at building a teaching team to embed an understanding of the importance of information literacy in the wider learning experience and at practical ways to motivate students once you have their attention.

 

Numbers are limited to 25. To book your place please contact Anabel Marsh, details below, giving your full name, institution name, postal address, email address, and order number (if applicable). Please also mention any special requirements, e.g. diet, access.

 

NB Anabel is away from 20/3 to 29/3 (inclusive) but will reply to bookings received during that period immediately on her return.

 

Cancellation policy: cancellations less than one week before the event will be charged for.

 

Anabel Marsh

SALCTG Secretary

Jordanhill Library

University of Strathclyde

76 Southbrae Drive

Glasgow G13 1PP

Tel 0141 950 3555

Fax 0141 950 3150

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