1. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Importance of Creating an Information Literate Society and Situation in Turkey Ayhan KAYGUSUZ Athens June 14, 2006

2. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 “Nowhere is too far” with new information technology We can watch the earth from the space.

3. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Information Explosion The amount of information has been increasing tremondeously, –According to a researh* –5 exabyte (5 billion gigabyte) new information created each year between 1999-2002. –This is equal to the book collection of Library of Congress. –In other words 800 MB information is produced per person each year. (the world population is 6.5 billion) –24.000 refereed journals, –2.5 million articles are published in one year. *Lyman & Varian How Much Information? 2003

4. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Media and Format of Information New information is produced mostly in elecronic format. 92 % of this information is stored on magnetic media. Worldwide production of original information, if stored digitally, in terabytes - 2002 Storage Medium2002 Terabytes Upper Estimate % Paper1,6340,029 Film420,2547,5 Magnetic518713092,47 Optical1030,0018 TOTAL5,609,121100,00 *Lyman & Varian How Much Information? 2003

5. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Information Technology Information technology is advancing too rapidly. Internet has been widely used all over the world. There were 10 billion documents on the surface web and 550 billion on the deep web behind the firewalls in 2004*. New stored information grew about 30% a year between 1999 and 2002**. *Tonta, Yasar. Electronic information management.Tonta, Yasar. Electronic information management. **Lyman & Varian How Much Information? 2003.

6. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 The Information Age The societies that produce and use information for problem solving are called “information societies” And this “time period” is called “information age”

7. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 The Information Age As a result of information explosion and developments in Information Technology the world is becoming a smaller place. This process is also defined as globalisation. Globalisation is the rapid increase in cross-border economic, social, technological exchange under conditions of capitalism.

8. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Advantages of the Information Age We use email or instant messaging, carry credit cards, use interactive banking, have home cinema, have e-resources accessible almost from everywhere. The information age has changed lifestyle of information societies.The information age has changed lifestyle of information societies.

9. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Now The other side of the medal

10. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Internet Users in the World “The information age” has widened the gap between information societies and the others. http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm

11. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Internet Users in Africa

12. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Internet Users in North America

13. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Internet Users in South America

14. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 The Gap Between the Societies

15. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Scholarly Journal Prices-2000-2004 Median journal prices – all subjects, 2000-04 £ 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 % change 00-04 No incl. Sage 166 197 217 276 322 93.5%296 Blackwell 227 251 275 318 362 59.1% 988 Nature 395 415 492 572 622 57.3% 52 Taylor & Francis 189 213 234 258 291 54.0% 809 Springer 245 265 289 314 372 52.3% 447 U. of Chicago 119 127 149 170 179 50.4% 44 Kluwer 312 361 390 424 464 48.8% 1,073 Lippincott 305 352 383 414 437 43.3% 235 Johns Hopkins UP 91 97 105 112 127 39.5% 168 Elsevier 575 612 643 739 781 36.0% 1,439 OUP 143 150 160 176 194 35.8% 252 Cambridge UP 98 106 118 125 124 26.5% 143 49,7%5946 Sonya White & Claire Creaser. Scholarly journal prices :Selected Trends and Comparisons. October 2004Sonya White & Claire Creaser. Scholarly journal prices :Selected Trends and Comparisons. October 2004

16. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Changes in Information World Information explosion, advances in Information Technology, Changes in storage formats, have made it easier but complicated to access to information.

17. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Necessary Requirments Comparing to the conventional methods there are many barries to access to the information. One who wants to access to the information must have –Computer, –internet access with a resonable bandwith, –Subscription to the information behind the firewalls.

18. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Necessary Requirments In addition to these one has to know how to find proper information he or she needs. In other words has to be “information literate”.

19. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Information Literacy 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. http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/informationliteracycompetency.htm#ildef

20. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Information Literacy Information literacy requires technology skills. Information technology skills enable an individual –to use computers, –software applications, –databases, –and other technologies to achieve a wide variety of academic, work-related, and personal goals*. *http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/informationliteracycompetency.htm#ildef

21. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Situation in Turkey

22. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Literacy in Turkey 199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004 Adult Literacy Rate (%) Total78,479,982,085,084,485,285,185,385,986,386,486,387,588,387,4 Men89,891,192,293,593,494,0 93,994,494,694,5 95,395,795,3 Woman67,468,972,076,775,676,676,376,977,678,178,378,279,981,179,6

23. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Schools, enrollments, teachers and classrooms, 2004-2005 education year 2004-2005Pre-schoolPrimary School Secondary School Vocational and Technical School Total # of Schools15978356112939387758405 Teachers221524012889320974405591054 Enrollment434771105653891937055110239414039609 Total 14630663

24. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Computer and Internet Usage in Turkey-2005

25. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Public Libraries # of Public Libraries:1432 # of Books in Public Libraries:12.984.801 # of User:20.871.850 # of Loans:4.348.267 # of staff:2529 Turkish Statistics Organisation-2004

26. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 School Libraries There are 42.427 schools at primary and secondary levels. Most of the schools do not have functional libraries. Private sector has been involving in all level of education. These schools have better libraries comparing to the schools funded by the state.

27. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Universities 2005-2006 There are 77 universities in Turkey. 53 of them are state universities, 24 are private universities. 15 new universities has been founded in 2006. The university libraries have access to major publishers’ publications. In 2005 more than 10 million articles downloaded by students and Academics. # of Academic staff 82250 # of Vocational and technical student 270290 # of Under graduate 733140 # of Master 111814 # of Doctorate 32503 # of Medical interns 10431 # of Total academic staff and students 1240428

28. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Fulltext downloads-2005

29. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 IL in Turkey User education goes back to 1970s in Turkey. The consept of information literacy was introduced in 1998. After this date several studies were carried out. Some of them are; Projects, Seminars, Workshops, Reports, Articles, Master thesis and Courses on IL. Kurbanoğlu, Serap. An overview of information literacy studies in Turkey

30. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 IL in Turkey Information, information society, information explosion, literacy in technology, life long learning and skills for problem solving terms were mentioned in a report prepared by –Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association TÜSİAD and –In the “Long–Term Strategy and Eight Five–Year Development Plan 2001–2005” –prepared by State Planning Organization. MANPOWER b) Objectives, Principles and Policies 770. Starting from primary education, programs shall be developed for the purpose of equipping teachers and students with technological literacy within education process.

31. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 IL in Turkey In the Special Ad Hoc Commitee Report on informatics and policies; –Level of information literacy rate, –Supporting IL education in all level of educational institutions –Development of school and public libraries for supporting IL and life long learning –Lack of national information policy were discussed in 2001.

32. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 IL in Turkey PULMAN-XT Project (2002) –A pilot project was carried out by EU and Turkish Librarians’ Association. –The aim of the project was to adapt PULMAN principals to Turkish public libraries. –A national workshop was held, –DGM was translated into Turkish, –Training and exchange programs were done in this project. –One of the guidelines adopted in the national meeting is that “public libraries should concentrate on life long learning programs.

33. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 IL in Turkey The Ministry of Education has designed a course on “information retrieval and research techniques” (2002-) –for secondary level –2 hours in a week –Elective course –Information retriaval, information resources, research techniques etc.

34. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 IL in Turkey There are some activities in public, school and university libraries on IL. Instruction and orientation programs, Courses on information retrieval and research techniques, Promotional and educational materials, web pages, Presentations and seminars.

35. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 IL in Turkey There is growing effort on IL in Turkey. More and more librarians are becoming aware of IL. Unfortunately public libraries are not very active on IL. Private schools have better libraries and librarians take active role in education process.

36. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 IL in Turkey University libraries are the most active libraries on IL. Most of the university libraries have instruction programs or library orientation programs. Some of them have courses on IL.

37. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 National Conference on IL ILIPG (Innovative Library Initiatives Promotion Group) is trying to organize individual efforts and have a national conference in 2007 in Turkey. I believe this will be a big step towards creating a mutual understanding and cooperation on information literacy in the country.

38. Information Literacy-the Key to Lifelong Learning, June 14-16 Ayhan Kaygusuz kaygusuz@itu.edu.tr