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Lessons learnt from Lilac:and then from eLit
Debbi Boden, Dr Jane Secker & Ruth Stubbings
CILIP Umbrella 2005
Themes
Terminology Knowledge pool Sectoral differences Political / social agenda LILAC meets eLit Are we making the right assumptions? The importance of collaboration Where do we go from here?
Terminology
Does it matter?
• IL, I-skills, information skills, user education
What attracts one type of person repels another
New term?• Critical thinking (US) • Evidence based / problem solving.
Knowledge pool
Are librarians teachers?• Pedagogy• Creating online courses
Where do librarians gain teaching skills?• Library / information courses?• Staff development
o Budgets
What expertise can librarians bring?• Technical knowledge
o Standard Microsoft office, HTML• Critical thinking, problem solving and evaluation skills• Experts in plagiarism
Sectoral differences
Information Literacy - is it just FE & HE sectors?• Does it mean the same thing in different sectors?• Is it important in every sector?
Fragmentation between sectors• how to we join it all up?
Political / social agenda
Information literacy can help:• Life long learning• Social inclusion
There is a need for an IL strategy that crosses sectors - DfES e-strategy may help here
Need to influence policy makers – how can this be done?
When LILAC met eLit: lessons from the education community
Information literacy is one of several literacies in the digital world
This is an issue that concerns the education sector as a whole
Collaboration is vital
Without information literacy you can’t have lifelong learning
Are we making the wrong assumptions?
Wilder’s challenge to librarians that information literacy is not the solution• Mini-librarians?• Don’t fight Google, work with it• Design better library systems
Wilder made us think and reflection is important
Collaboration in education is the key
Need to start with the teaching profession
Ensure they understand what IL is, even if they call it something else• Embed IL into staff development for academic
staff in HE and teachers in schools
Need hooks to get in: plagiarism, e-learning, Google
What lessons have we learnt?
Information literacy matters as it • Enhances access to information• Information leads to knowledge
Therefore Information literacy• Is an issue for the whole library profession• Is a wider social issue in the digital age• Is a global issue
Where do we go from here?
Collaboration across Library communities• CILIP, SCONUL, Cilip SIGs, SLA etc
Collaboration across sectors• Joint CILIP / Aslib / Ofcom / DCMS / MLA / BL / BC horizon
scanning conference
Independent IL web site
Proposal for an international Institute for Information Literacy: in the UK
LILAC 2006