Information Literacy: Recognising the Need
By Geoff Walton and Alison Pope
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- Papers written by renowned experts in the field of information literacy
- Highlights a variety of topical issues - both practical and theoretical
- Gives a useful overview of information literacy for those previously unfamiliar with this aspect of teaching and learning
Geoff Walton
Geoff Walton is a Subject and Learning Support Librarian and Research Informed teaching (RiT) Project Co-ordinator at Staffordshire University, with specific subject responsibilities for Psychology and Sport & Exercise Science. As RiT Co-ordinator Geoff is involved in identifying synergies between research, teaching, learning, information literacy, e-learning and inquiry-based learning. He is particularly interested in the cognitive processes involved in becoming information literate. His research interests also include developing the online information literacy tool the Assignment Survival Kit (ASK), developing a process for online peer assessment, investigating academic skills needs in undergraduate students and using inquiry-based methods to facilitate learning.
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Information Literacy - Geoff Walton
Information Literacy
Recognising the Need
First Edition
Geoff Walton
Alison Pope
Staffordshire University
Stoke-on-Trent
United Kingdom
17 May 2006
Chandos Publishing
Oxford • England
Table of Contents
Cover image
Title page
Copyright page
Background to the conference
Information literacy: recognising the need
Their themes include
Information literacy: recognising the need - an introduction
Context
What is Information Literacy?
Why is Information Literacy important now?
The higher education context: e-learning, PDP and the quality agenda
Information literacy: reviewing our position
Information Literacy: the new pedagogy of the question
?
Abstract
Introduction
Empowering the learner through the pedagogy of the question
Information literacy, a profound educational issue
From institutions for teaching to institutions of learning?
Developing a Community of Practice: The Newcastle Information Literacy Project
Introduction
Methodology
Pick and Mix approach
Development through process - the Information Literacy Forum
Pedagogical infrastructure
Institutional embedding
Conclusion
Providing for the next generation: adopting interactive whiteboards in information literacy training
Keeping up with the Google generation: the challenge for Information Literacy teachers
Abstract
Introduction
The Net Generation students
Google and Google Scholar
Metasearch
How does this affect Information Literacy?
Effects on teaching of Information Literacy
Conclusion
Information overload and the re-invention of brutality: a systemic view of information literacy
Abstract
Working towards the Information Literate University
Introduction
What do we mean by the Information Literate University?
Academics and the ILU
Librarians and the ILU
Towards the ILU
Appendix 1
Reflections on the ‘Information Literacy: recognising the need’ conference at Staffordshire University, 17th May 2006
Acknowledgment
Copyright
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Background to the conference
Staffordshire University is well known for its commitment to supporting widening participation in higher education and the University’s Information Services is pleased to be organising this one day event. It was prompted by the conferment of Learning and Teaching Fellowships on two of the University’s Information Services staff, Alison Pope and Geoff Walton and also by the Information Services Learning Support Team’s many years of activity across the skills agenda. This activity has especially focused upon the support and delivery of information literacy.
The event is independent of any outside organisation or group
Information literacy: recognising the need
A national conference on the topic of information literacy 17th May 2006
Focusing on how to engage the internet generation this conference is aimed at librarians, information professionals and academic colleagues. Information literacy isn't just about finding information; it is a true catalyst for educational change. It enables independent lifelong learning. This conference considers how we can engage students and move towards the information literate University. The conference features seven nationally renowned speakers
Susie Andretta - Senior Lecturer in Information Management
London Metropolitan University.
Moira Bent - Faculty Liaison Librarian
University of Newcastle and National Learning and Teaching Fellow
Debbi Boden - Faculty Team Leader at Imperial College London
Sheila Corrall - Professor of Librarianship & Information Management at the University of Sheffield.
Peter Godwin - Academic Services Manager in Learning & Information
Services at London South Bank University
Mark Hepworth - Lecturer in the Department of Information Science at Loughborough University
Sheila Webber - Senior Lecturer in the Department of Information Studies at the University of Sheffield
Their themes include
Using information literacy as a positive driver for educational change.
Developing partnerships in information literacy.
Training the trainers.
Engaging the Google generation.
New ideas in information literacy teaching and learning.
The information literate university.
These proceedings also include two additional papers from colleagues who did not speak at the conference. They are from Rosie Jones, Karen Peters and Emily Shields at Manchester Metropolitan University and Tony Brauer from Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College.
We would like to thank the following people for their help and support in organising this event; Julie Adams, Ron Allcock, Francine Bossons, Jan Bould, Jeanette Chadwick, Liz Hart, Dave Parkes, Derek Sheward, Marj Spiller, Janet Weaver and Helen Wells. We would like to extend our thanks to Staffordshire University Marketing Team and the many other people not listed here who also lent a hand, especially Katherine, Hannah and James.
Geoff Walton and Alison Pope
Learning and Teaching Fellows
Information Services
Staffordshire University
Information literacy: recognising the need - an introduction
Alison Pope Information Services, Staffordshire University
Geoff Walton Information Services, Staffordshire University
Context
The Government White Paper, January 2003, states that:
"As well as improving vocational skills, we need to ensure that all graduates, including those who study traditional academic disciplines, have the right skills to equip them for a lifetime in a fast changing work environment.’¹
It is our view that, in addition to offering excellent academic courses, higher education institutions should aim to give students the chance to gain grounding in the skills which will support them in the future, both as citizens and employees. Many notably Bruce (1995) and Bundy (2004) argue that of all these skills, the need to be information literate is essential.
What is Information Literacy?
Information professionals throughout the world are familiar with the term information literacy and it has seen wide and varied use since the term was first coined by Paul Zirkowski in 1974 (Andretta, 2005). It has been observed by Owusu-Ansah (2003) that the information profession has, and continues to, put forward the information literacy, cause with a near-missionary zeal although there does exist a minority view which questions the worth of information literacy regarding it as merely a vehicle for librarians to redefine their roles in the digital age (Wilder, 2005).
The 2003 Prague Declaration (resulting form a UNESCO-sponsored conference) added weight to the importance of the concept regarding information literacy not only as an important set of skills to enable information to be gathered