Information Literacy Section Satellite Meeting 2014

Information Literacy Section Satellite Meeting 2014

Facing the Future: Librarians and Information Literacy in a Changing Landscape

When                                                 Where

14-15 August 2014                        Limerick, Republic of Ireland

Description

IFLA 2014 Pre-Conference in Limerick, Republic of Ireland

Facing the Future: Librarians and Information Literacy in a Changing Landscape

Date:  August 14-15, 2014

Venue:  Limerick Institute of Technology, Limerick, Republic of Ireland

You are invited to join colleagues from around the world to explore the new faces of information literacy in the information environment of the future and to share possibilities for how librarians can redefine their roles and help shape this changing landscape.

Proposal abstracts for this IFLA satellite meeting must be submitted by 28 February 2014.  Click here for more information and here for the Satellite Website.

Call for Papers Satellite Limerick 2014

Call for Papers
Information Literacy Section Satellite Meeting
Limerick Ireland August 14-15th 2014

Facing the Future: Librarians and Information Literacy in a Changing LandscapeSatellite meeting website: http://www.iflasatellitelimerick.com

2013 ASIS&T Award of Merit to Carol Kuhlthau

Carol C. Kuhlthau, professor emerita in the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University, is the 2013 recipient of the ASIS&T Award of Merit, the highest honor presented by ASIS&T. The award goes to an individual who has made a noteworthy contribution to the field of information science, including the expression of new ideas, the creation of new devices, the development of better techniques and outstanding service to the profession.
Professor Kuhlthau is internationally recognized for her contributions to the study of information behavior. Her best-known work is her book Seeking Meaning: A Process Approach to Library and Information Services. In her rigorous research she observed student information seeking, developed a model of the information search process, then tested the model in several ways over several studies to validate and refine the model. This model has motivated widespread current research interest in the affective components of the information search process. In addition information professionals' practice has been significantly influenced by her publications. Her life and work are models in several senses. Personally highly intelligent, judicious, and modest, she has earned the highest respect from scholars and students in the field of information behavior as well as practitioners. Through example, Carol Kuhlthau has taught many in the field how to do rigorous research, how to mentor, and how to teach.


The ASIS&T Award of Merit is awarded annually - see http://www.asis.org/history.html for more information about this Association.
Some of you may be interested to read the following information about Professor Kuhlthau: https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~kuhlthau/

Project SAILS

Project SAILS (Standardized Assessment of Information Literacy Skills) is launching the beta test of an international version of the SAILS cohort assessment.

We are very excited to reach this stage. Working with librarians from various countries, we have made extensive revisions to the assessment so as to meet the needs of an international audience. In order to determine if the new test is valid, we are seeking testing institutions in countries outside the United States. If you or someone you know is interested, please go to this web page for details:

http://beta.projectsails.org/betatest

There is no cost to participate. If you have at least 50 students take the test, you will receive a report about their performance as a group.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

With warm regards,

Carolyn

Carolyn Radcliff
Information Literacy Librarian
Project SAILS
info@projectsails.org

Update for the Handbook for Information Literacy

At Handbook for Information Literacy Teaching (HILT).  you'll find a 2011 update

Thanks to Karen Bonanno

Digital Literacies Toolkit

Thanks to Karen Bonanno

The purpose of this set of learning resources is to help students:

- Explore the educational uses of Web 2.0 tools and services;
- Familiarise themselves with a range of useful applications for study-related purposes;
- Highlight good practice in the use of social software and the internet, in general

Available at Digital Literacies Toolkit

Forwarded message: The Survey of Best Practicesin Developing Online Information Literacy Tutorials

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Moses [mailto:primarydat@aol.com]
Sent: 24 July 2013 15:52
To: infolit@ala.org
Subject: [INFOLIT] Primary Research Group has published The Survey of Best Practicesin Developing Online Information Literacy Tutorials, ISBN 978-157440-247-6



Primary Research Group has published The Survey of Best Practices in Developing Online Information Literacy Tutorials, ISBN 978-157440-247-6.  The study looks closely at how academic libraries are developing and deploying online information literacy tutorials exploring issues such as spending, budgets, staffing, range and qualifications of staff used for tutorial development, software use, time frame for tutorial development, conceptions of what constitutes a quality tutorial, assessment of library efforts, marketing to students and faculty, cooperation with other institutions, frequency of tutorial revision, measurement of student outcomes and other issues in the development and use of online information literacy tutorials.

The study was devised with the assistance of Jennifer Holland and Yvonne Mery of the University of Arizona Libraries, and Erica DeFrain of the University of Vermont Library, and the summary of main findings was written by Holland and DeFrain.

Just a few of the main findings from this exhaustive 285 page study are that:

•       The mean number of information literacy tutorials per library in the
sample was 27.92, and the median was 10.50.
•       The library homepage was listed as the most popular access point for
online information literacy tutorials, followed by subject guides, course guides, and  YouTube.
•       Nearly 69% of tutorials used by the libraries in the sample were
created in-house.
•       A third of the libraries sampled reported using the tutorials of other
libraries.
•       The following institutions were cited by survey participants for
excellence in tutorial development and a source of imitation or inspiration:
Cardiff University, Clark College, Coastal Carolina University, Cooperative Library Instruction Project, Glasgow Caledonian (UK), Kent State, Manor College, Michigan State University, North Carolina State University, Open University (UK), Penn State, Rutgers, South African Universities, TILT, University of Arizona, University of California-Irvine, University of Illinois-Chicago, University of Pittsburgh, University of Sydney, University of Texas-Austin, University of Texas-Houston, Vanderbilt, Wayne State University, West Chester University, and Western Oregon University.
•       About a quarter of the libraries sampled assigned only one person to
the task of developing information literacy tutorials for the library.
•       Only a third of librarians sampled felt that their institutions
provided adequate support for tutorial development.
•       43.75% of respondents from community colleges indicating that it took
less than 10 hours to develop an information literacy tutorial.
•       2.56% of the libraries sampled used their own in-house developed
software to create tutorials.

Data is broken out by size and type of library, for US and foreign libraries, and for public and private colleges.  For further information view our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com.