1. An introduction to Information Literacy
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2. Information Age Need for students to be learners Knowledge growth
Technology overload
More flexible career paths
Changes in working conditions
Need for critical thinking skills and problem solving
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4. Information Literacy
“To be information literate a person must be able to recognise when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate and use effectively the needed information.”
A.L.A. Presidential committee on information Literacy.
Final Report (1989). Chicago (ED )
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5. Further reading Presidential report on Information Literacy
Full report (Many other interesting articles here)
Falling through the Net: Digital Inclusion. Department of Commerce
Executive summary
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6. WHAT IS DOES IT MEAN TO USERS?
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7. Doyle (1992) with a Delphi study established that “ Information Literacy is the ability to access, evaluate and use information form a variety of sources
Doyle, C.S (1992) Outcomes Measures for
Information Literacy
Within National Education Goals of 1990.
Final Report to National
Forum on Information on Information Literacy.
Flagstaff, Az: National
Forum on Information Literacy
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8. Quality
Researchers (Rand) checked out 6 health Web sites and 12 sites dedicated to specific diseases.
How frequently Web sites are complete and accurate:
Breast cancer %
Depression 44%
Obesity %
Childhood asthma 33%
U.S. News & World Report, June 4, 2001 v130 i22 p10
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9. Quality
“More than 2/3 of teens said within the last year that they use the Internet as their major resource when doing a big project for school..."
Lester, Will "High School Students Love Net for Research." Syracuse Post Standard, 8/21/01 (from AP )
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10. Quality
In a study of 500 sites used by Colorado high school students to do research, only 27% of the sites were judged to be reliable for academic research!
Ebersol, Samuel, “Uses and Gratifications of the Web among Students,” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 6(1): September 2000,
Colhoun, Alexander. "But - - I Found It on the Internet!" Christian Science Monitor. 25 April 2000: 16.
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11. Quality Advice on the Net:
The top legal advice person on Askme.com turned out to be a 14 year old whose only legal training was from Court TV and cop shows
But – just as interesting, when he was finally “uncovered,”
the demand for his advice still continued!
Michael Lewis, New York Times Magazine, July 2001; also Next (Norton, 2001)
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12. Information Literacy as a process Information Process models (1980s)
Big Six ( Eisenberg, Berkowitz) 1986
Kuhlthau: 6 steps affective side of IL
NSW (Australia) Information Process 1986
Pitts/ Stripling 1988: reflective aspect to the process
Now users and producers of information
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13. Eisenberg and Berkowitz’s
Life long learning
Information process is in all parts of life
…not enough to know content; processes are more important
based on Bloom’s taxonomy (1956) see module 3
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14. Information Literacy 1. Task Definition 2. Info Seeking Strategies
Big 6
1. Task Definition
2. Info Seeking Strategies
3. Location & Access
4. Use of Information
5. Synthesis
6. Evaluation
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15. The Big6: Non-Linear TD E ISS S L&A UI LIS560
What to speak about? That’s a Big6 problem.
Quickly, here’s what I did –
(go through the Big6 quickly to select the topic; then will go through the Big6 again to create the presentation) UI
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16. The Big6: Not Linear TD S
ISS
L&A UI S UI S E
ISS
L&A UI S E
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17. User and producers cont..
Trial and error navigation
Non linear
Multitasking a way of life
Ethical issues seem overlooked
Whilst stereotypes
Digital natives
Web generation
2007 national school board report found 96% use social networking tools
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18. How do librarians respond to this?
Learn
Immerse
Scan
Be creative
Read current literature
Observe trends
Build learning communities
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