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ACE1742: Information Resources Week 2: Information Literacy

ACE1742: Information Resources Week 2: Information Literacy. Verity Brack Institute for Lifelong Learning University of Sheffield. Information literacy. What is information literacy (IL)? Are you information literate? Why is it important?. Assoc. College & Research Libraries.

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ACE1742: Information Resources Week 2: Information Literacy

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  1. ACE1742: Information ResourcesWeek 2: Information Literacy Verity Brack Institute for Lifelong Learning University of Sheffield 2011-12

  2. Information literacy • What is information literacy (IL)? • Are you information literate? • Why is it important? 2011-12

  3. Assoc. College & Research Libraries In Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (2000) said: ‘An information literate student • Accesses information efficiently & effectively • Evaluates information critically & competently • Uses information accurately & creatively’ 2011-12

  4. Users need • Information gathering strategies • Critical thinking skills • IT skills & library skills • ‘Information literacy describes the process of information seeking and information use competencies; allows student to become an effective learner’ G.Byerly & C.Brodie ‘Information literacy skills models’ in B.K.Stripling ‘Learning & Libraries in an Information Age’ 1999 2011-12

  5. The IL Student • Can locate information • Can accessing information • Can evaluate information • Use: • IT skills • Library skills • People skills 2011-12

  6. Information Literacy model 2011-12

  7. SCONUL Society of College, National & University Libraries Recognise need Address gap Strategies for locating Locate & access Compare & evaluate Organise, apply, communicate Synthesise & create 2011-12

  8. Steps in IL • Recognise need • Locate • Access • Evaluate • Organise • Use 2011-12

  9. Issues to consider • Currency – how up-to-date • Longevity • Immediacy – how urgent • Ease of use/interface • Accessibility • Ease of searching content • Price • Role of publisher 2011-12

  10. Available sources • Books, including reference books: • dictionaries, directories, encyclopaedias, statistics (tables) • Journals – magazines, newspapers • Internet/Web • Media – audio, video • Informal sources – ‘grey’ literature • People! 2011-12

  11. Print formats [text based] • Monographs • single written work, e.g. book • has a definite structure, eg, contents pages, chapter headings, index • Serials • published on an ongoing, regular basis • e.g.magazines, periodicals, journals 2011-12

  12. Conference papers • Papers relating to conference/convention/symposium • May include pre-prints, proceedings, conference records • Manuscripts • E.g. novels, poems, letters, notebooks • Incunabula • Early printed books 2011-12

  13. Grey literature • Publications that are not easily identified or accessed via usual sources • e.g. conference proceedings, theses, company reports, local records, unpublished research papers, conference proceedings • Ephemera • Often disposable, single sheets; not considered as publications • e.g. pamphlets, flyers, forms, posters 2011-12

  14. Print formats [non-text] • Maps and charts • Images • Microforms • Microfilm • Microfiche • Microprint/microcard 2011-12

  15. Audio-visual • Audio • Images • still, moving • with/without sound • Artefacts • often in museums, may be housed in libraries • Special collections e.g. National Fairground Archive 2011-12

  16. Electronic resources • Electronic journals & books • Databases • Discussion groups/lists/blogs etc. • Papers & documents • News • Organisations (incl. libraries) • Teaching & learning materials • Search tools 2011-12

  17. Aids to finding information • Library • Standard source of information • Library catalogues • Common ‘finding aid’ • Everyone should know how to use one • Every item in a collection has a catalogue record 2011-12

  18. Catalogue record Lane, Elizabeth S. Internet Primer for Information Professionals: A Basic Guide to Internet Networking Technology/ Elizabeth Lane & Craig Summerhill Publisher Westport, Conn. ; London : Meckler, 1993 ISBN: 0-88736-831-X Internet (Computer network) Shelfmark: SGL STORE 004.67 (L) http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/summaries/deweysummaries.pdf 2011-12

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