1. Access to Information and persons with special needs Albert K. Boekhorst

2. Content Access to information Information Literacy Being disabled in the knowledge society

3. To survive, relax, develop etc. People, organisations and nations need knowledge on: Themselves Their physical environment Their social environment

4. Information Space Observation:objects & processes Conversation: persons Consultation:stored, recorded information ‘memory institutions’ Both real and virtual

5. Personal information space

6. Information Needs Environment Social role Personal characteristics Personal Information needs

7. Barriers Economic Political Affective Cognitive Personal characteristics

8. ‘Survival of the Fittest’ Those who are better than others capable to satisfy their information needs in an effective and efficient way, are more capable to survive and develop themselves than … those with less advantageous traits... After Charles Darwin "...it is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change...“ Therefore a need to be ‘Information Literate’

9. Informatisation process Ongoing control over natural forces  ‘technization Ongoing differentiation: social and technical  ‘differentiation’ Expanding of interdependency networks  ‘globalisation’ ©akb Reinwardt 2006 9

10. Effects for people Exponential growth of information, information media, information channels and information services Growth of technology, tools and applications to retrieve, process and disseminate information Changes in communication patterns and behaviour ‘Connected’ 24/7

11. 21 st century Working ‘In the Cloud’

12. In how many clouds? Working ‘In the Cloud’

13. Information literacy Increasing complexity of environment leads to need for more skills to select, retrieve and process information External factors create backlog

14. American Library Association (1989) Information literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information

15. Further 2003 Prague Declaration  "Towards an Information Literate Society" and Information Society 2005 Alexandria Declaration  Beacons of the Information Society 2012 UNESCO / IFLA Recommendation

16. Aspects 1. Recognition information need 2. Translation information need into query 3. Identification suitable information source 4. Application knowledge of relevant ICT 5. Selection, integration, dissemination of found information. 6. Continuous evaluation

17. recognize information need formulate information query knowledge information sources knowledge of ICT appliations selection intergration dissemination KK’ E1E2E3E4 E5 12345 1 E1 = evaluation moment= knowledge product

18. SCONUL 7 pillars of information literacy Recognise information need Distinguish ways of addressing gap Construct strategies for locating Synthesise and create Organise, apply and communicate Compare and evaluate Locate and access Information Literacy Basic Library Skills & IT Skills http://www.sconul.ac.uk/

19. Related terms Information literacy Information competencies User training Library orientation Information skills Information fluency Bibliographic instruction User education

20. Harris & Hodges (1995) Adult literacy Advanced literacy Basic literacy Biliteracy Community literacy Computer literacy Critical literacy Cultural literacy Emergent literacy Family literacy Functional literacy Informational literacy Marginal literacy Media literacy Minimal literacy Restricted literacy Survival literacy Visual literacy Workplace literacy

21. IL and Media Literacy Expert meetings UNESCO  Paris June 2008 Teacher Training Curricula for Media and information Literacy  Bangkok November 2010 Towards Media and Information Literacy Indicators

22. 3 concepts The ICT concept:  Information literacy refers to the competence to use ICT to retrieve and disseminate information. The information (re)sources concept:  Information literacy refers to the competence to find and use information independently or with the aid of intermediaries. The information process concept:  Information literacy refers to the process of recognizing information need, the retrieving, evaluating, use and dissemination of information to acquire or extend knowledge.

23. Information inequality Participating majority Information elite Excluded

24. Information Rich - Poor person rich poor environment rich poor A = Information Rich person in Information Rich environment A C = Information Rich person in Information Poor environment C D = Information Poor person in Information Rich environment D B = Information Poor person in Information Poor environment B C’ A’A’

25. How: by learning In the socialisation process:  ‘By doing’  Formal education  Informal education

26. Becoming information literate Cannot be learned in a distinct subject Integrated in any subject Coordination between ‘teachers’ & ‘librarians’

27. So far ‘ Information literacy’ Is a container concept It’s a dynamic concept Being ‘Information Literate’ is a competence:  a critical Attitude about: What am I doing? What for am I doing this? With what am I doing this?  Knowledge about: the organization and quality of information resources and -channels acquiring access to information  Skills: being able to use required skills and technology Part of Life Long Learning

29. Disabilities: Umbrella term Impairments Activity limitations Participation restrictions

30. World report on disability About 15% of the world's population lives with some form of disability, of whom 2-4% experience significant difficulties in functioning. The global disability prevalence is higher than previous WHO estimates, which date from the 1970s and suggested a figure of around 10%. This global estimate for disability is on the rise due to population ageing and the rapid spread of chronic diseases, as well as improvements in the methodologies used to measure disability. http://www.who.int/disabilities/world_report/2011/en/index.html

31. Disability: Umbrella term Physical Cognitive Mental Sensory Emotional Developmental or some combination of these.

33. Communication development Oral Writing / Printing Telegraph / Telephone Digital

34. Revelant for IL Seeing Hearing Movement

35. E-Accessibility Refers to the ease of use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), such as the Internet, by people with disabilities. Web sites need to be developed so that disabled users can access the information. For example:  for people who are blind, web sites need to be able to be interpreted by programmes which read text aloud and describe any visual images;  for people who have low vision, web pages need adjustable sized fonts and sharply contrasting colours; and  for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, audio content should be accompanied by text versions of the dialogue. Sign language video can also help make audio content more accessible.

36. http://www.abilityhub.com/index.htm

37. Stephen William Hawking http://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=imowUYQ nVSY&feature=youtu. be U.S. President Barack Obama talks with Stephen Hawking in the Blue Room of the White House before a ceremony presenting him and fifteen others the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 12 August 2009. The Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian honour. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imowUY QnVSY&feature=youtu.be

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