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Information Literacy: A practitioner's guide

Susie Andretta, London Metropolitan University, UK

…this book is crammed with useful information and thought-provoking discussion.
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 - explores practical applications of two major IL models
 - explores strategies to integrate IL provision in a multi-disciplinary environment
 - illustrates the developments of independent learning skills through examples taken from different levels of provision at course level and from different levels of competences at user level
 - offers a range of learning and evaluation strategies appropriate for, as well as resources associated with, IL provision
 - provides a gateway to generic and subject specific IL resources by complementing the publication with web-based access to an online collection relevant to Information Research and a range of web-based tutorials (existing and customised) to develop IL skills for online environments

Taking an international approach, this book explores two main models of Information Literacy or IL: the SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries) Seven Pillars of Information Skills and the IL competencies identified by the ALA (American Library Association). Practical examples for the development of IL skills identified by these models are illustrated using printed and web-based resources. The process of integrating IL provision within a programme of study is outlined to illustrate two strategies underpinning this integration at generic-skills level, the ‘plug & play’ approach, and at subject-specific level, the ‘research skills approach’. A range of diagnostic and assessment methods, to monitor the iterative process of IL skills development, are also presented within these frameworks.

ISBN 1 84334 065 8
ISBN-13: 978 1 84334 065 2
January 2005
230 pages  234 x 156mm  paperback  
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About the author

Susie Andretta is based at the Department of Applied Social Sciences, London Metropolitan University. The author’s expertise in IL originates from research on the implementation of user-education programmes in combination with student-centred learning strategies.

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Contents

Introduction

Information literacy – setting the scene
 - From library instruction to information literacy
 - Definitions of library instruction
 - Students' lack of information literacy skills
 - Environmental factors in the shift to information literacy
 - Information literacy: a multi-faceted concept
 - Information literacy and the 'learning how to learn' approach
 - Models of information literacy
 - The stigma of literacy?
 - Information literacy and lifelong learning
 - Information literacy and the National Learning Agenda
 - National perspectives on information literacy in the USA
 - National perspectives on information literacy in Australia
 - National perspectives on information literacy in the UK
 - Summary

Comparison of the information literacy frameworks
 - Application of the information literacy framework
 - Higher- and lower-order thinking
 - Information literacy is not synonymous with 'IT'
 - Information literacy models of integration
 - Information literacy multi-level integration
 - Information literacy: an institution-wide initiative
 - Summary

Information literacy practice
 - Information literacy: a lifelong learning culture
 - The role of the tutor: 'from the sage on the stage to the guide on the side'
 - Information literacy and assessment practices

Case study 1: Information literacy module for social sciences
 - Information literacy module outline
 - Assessment details
 - Information literacy and instructional design
 - The plug-and-play structure
 - Examples of diagnostic and post-testing
 - Students' reflection on the information literacy module: what have you learned?
 - Future developments of the information literacy module 2004/5 academic year
 - Summary

Case study 2: Applied Information Research
 - Information literacy and the information professional
 - 'Librarians are no longer keepers of information, but teachers of information'
 - AIR in context
 - AIR module outline
 - Learning outcomes
 - Assessment details
 - Learning and teaching methods
 - The knowledge-spiral and action-research approaches
 - Bibliography
 - Analysis of the results from the diagnostic questionnaire
 - Analysis of the students' performance in the short paper exercise
 - Analysis of the group-based presentation and feedback
 - Feedback from the summative questionnaires
 - Summary

Conclusion