Research information literacy and digital scholarship good practice
shortlist announced.
Monday, 10 June 2013
A report published today highlights good practice examples designed to
enhance the information literacy skills and know-how of postgraduate
students and early career researchers in UK higher education. On behalf of
the Research Information and Digital Literacies Coalition (RIDLs), the
Research Information Network (RIN) and Society of College, National and
University Libraries (SCONUL) have announced the results of this research,
which showcases fifteen resources for information literacy training
provision in a variety of UK higher education institutions.
The analysis draws from these cases, which provide a carefully-balanced
range of online and in-house training resources, and incorporates various
recommendations that may be of value to those planning to develop such
resources. The analysis is founded on the provisional criteria developed
by RIDLs to describe and assess training provision in information literacy.
Project officer Dr Charlie Inskip said:
“A number of self-selected information literacy resources have been
evaluated, leading to a shortlisting of a selection of 15 good practice
examples. This is not to say that every aspect of each of the shortlisted
examples is perfect – this project is not about finding ‘the best’
information literacy resource - but the benefit of this selection is that
those charged with developing resources to serve a similar need may
efficiently access some examples – and ultimately, perhaps, that ‘good
practice’ may become ‘common practice’.”
RIN’s Stéphane Goldstein went on to say:
“The value of the RIDLS criteria in this research has been to provide an
analytical framework for such evaluations (for the researcher) and act as a
reflective tool (for the developers/deliverers). Hopefully some of the
recommendations and comments within the report, combined with a reflective
look at the examples – and contact with their helpful representatives – may
assist those attempting to deliver good practice information literacy in UK
HE in 2013 and beyond.”
The full report and short list is now available on the project website,
http://rilads.wordpress.com/
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Dr Charlie Inskip
Project Officer, Research Information Literacy and Digital Scholarship
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Twitter: @RILADS / Blog: http://rilads.wordpress.com
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