Tag Archives for Information Literacy
How Can the University Library Better Meet the Information Needs of Research Students? Experiences From Ulster University
This article investigates academic library needs of doctoral students. The study identifies PhD students’ information literacy training needs and explores current levels of library engagement, barriers to use, and gaps in existing services. First-year PhD students at Ulster University (UU) … Continue reading
Information Literacy in the Digital Age: Myths and Principles of Digital Literacy
Librarians have traditionally served as the champions of information literacy, adopting it as a core principle of the profession and creating a movement that tries to facilitate fair, equal access to knowledge and its creation. There are plenty of publications … Continue reading
Before information literacy [Or, Who Am I, as a subject-of-(information)-need?]
The subject-of-(information)-need, or the “user,” is the bedrock notion of the subject in information retrieval, but it is constructed by the information environment it finds itself within. If the user cannot judge this environment before using it, then information literacy … Continue reading
4 Things to Consider When Teaching Digital Literacy to College Students
In higher education, I think it is imperative that we teach our learners and peers about what it means to participate and interact in digital spaces and places. How can our institutions help students, staff, and faculty “be” online and … Continue reading
Collaborative Digital Literacy Practices among Adult Learners: Levels of Confidence and Perceptions of Importance
Technology has transformed learning at the postsecondary level and significantly increased the prevalence of digital learning environments. As adult educators approach instructional design, they must consider how to apply research-based practices that preserve the quality of instruction and provide adult … Continue reading
Supporting the employability agenda in University Libraries: a case study from the University of Sheffield
The paper starts with a brief review of literature on employability and student skills in the UK HE sector, the place of information literacy as an employability attribute and information literacy in the workplace. It goes on to outline work … Continue reading
Trending: IFLA Releases 2017 Trend Report Update
Libraries have a vital mission to provide access to information to all. In a changing world, this work is essential, allowing users to be informed, and empowered to build better lives for themselves and their communities. But libraries in turn … Continue reading
Transformative? Integrative? Troublesome? Undergraduate Student Reflections on Information Literacy Threshold Concepts
In this exploratory study the authors ask students enrolled in a credit-bearing undergraduate research methods course to rank and evaluate the troublesome, transformative, and integrative nature of the six frames currently comprising the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. … Continue reading
Assessment of knowledge and skills in information literacy instruction for rehabilitation sciences students: a scoping review
This is the third version of a work in progress (published January 2018); the first version was made available by OASPA in December 2013 and a second version in June 2015. We encourage its wide dissemination and continue to welcome … Continue reading
Be aware: Elevate your news evaluation: Emphasizing media literacy, one library’s initiative
The following article outlines the University of California-Merced Library’s unfolding news evaluation campaign,1 shares our strategies, and reflects on our efforts. The impetus for this campaign came when a colleague shared Vanessa Otero’s News Quality Chart, a graphic that places … Continue reading