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Information Literacy and Libraries in Scandinavia and Worldwide

Information Literacy and Libraries in Scandinavia and Worldwide. Trends in Education and Research, UNICA Helsinki May 2006 Christina Tovoté Information Literacy Coordinator, Pedagogical developer Stockholm University Library Sweden. Contents. NordINFOLIT, The Nordic IL Forum

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Information Literacy and Libraries in Scandinavia and Worldwide

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  1. Information Literacy and Libraries in Scandinavia and Worldwide Trends in Education and Research, UNICA Helsinki May 2006 Christina Tovoté Information Literacy Coordinator, Pedagogical developer Stockholm University Library Sweden

  2. Contents • NordINFOLIT, The Nordic IL Forum • EnIL, The European network for IL • IFLA, The IL Section • Alexandria, The European Team • IL and the Bologna Process • Discussion • Links • Pictures

  3. Öresund University • Lund University • Malmö University • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences • Copenhagen University • Danish University of Technology • Copenhagen School of Economics and Business Adm, • Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College • Danish School of Education • Danish College of Pharmacy • Roskilde University Centre • Danish School of Librarianship

  4. Stockholm University

  5. Stockholm University -some facts • 4 faculties • Humanities • Social sciences • Natural sciences • Law • 80 institutions • 34 000 studenter, 3 500 staff • Campus university • Decentralised

  6. Trends and research in Sweden Employment of pedagogical developers Pedagogical competence development Teamworking and integration very slowly Focus on pedagogy in higher education Investigation into IL programmes in Swedish universities: ”Someone else´s job” Evidence based IL education outcomes The Bologna Process and the libraries: national examination descriptions, seminars, website with examples and discussion

  7. NORDINFOlit, a Nordic Information Literacy Forum Four tracks: Immersion: Summer school Conference: Creating Knowledge Seminars: IL and Higher education, IL Standards, LIS education, IL and Bologna etc Website: http://www.nordinfolit.org

  8. Trends and projects in Norway and Denmark NORWAY: • A new optional subject in the LIS department of HiO: The library as a learning environment DENMARK: • The study competence project, Health studies in Århus • Guidelines for IL methods, a publication by Biblioteksstyrelsen, Denmark • DEFF (Denmark´s Electronic Research Library): Evaluation and evidence (Students, Google and Libraries), The Library as an active learning partner, The Analysis Model – a web tool

  9. ENIL - European Network for Information Literacy • First meeting in Rome January 2004 • A book Information Literacy in Europe • EU-project? Only research? • European Driving Licence for IL? • An IL Questionnaire to all new students in all EU countries • A European Observatory on IL Policies and Research • EnIL home

  10. IFLA • The Section on Information Literacy • The presidential theme and committee report • Cooperation with UNESCO • Action list: guidelines, electronic classroom, website directoryetc. • Oslo 2005 – ”IL, a voyage of discovery for citizens and librarians” • Seoul 2006 – ”The transition from school to university” • Durban 2007 – A pre-conference in Botswana • Strategic plans

  11. Alexandria nov 2005 – a high level colloquium • Organizers: NFIL, IFLA and UNESCO • Teams from the regions of the world • The European team • The meeting • The declaration • Future goals • Regional meetings 2007 • A world congress 2008 or before end of the UN Literacy decade 2010

  12. The Bologna process and IL • Employability and lifelong learning • Democracy and citizenship • Transferable skills • Subject orientation • IL learning outcomes • National examination descriptions • Integration and new course plans • IL = empowerment in studies and life

  13. Discussion Trends? Google and/or us? Someone else´s job? Standards? Integration? Generic? LRC:s?

  14. Links: • SUB : www.sub.su.se • NordINFOLIT: www.nordinfolit.org/ • Creating Knowledge IV: http://www.ck-iv.dk/ • EnIL: www.ceris.to.cnr.it/Basili/EnIL/index.html • IFLA: www.ifla.org • NFIL: http://www.infolit.org/ • Prague: http://www.infolit.org/International_Conference/ • Alexandria:http://www.infolit.org/International_Colloquium/index.htm • UNESCO IL page: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=15886&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

  15. 5th Mexican Infolit Conference • Ciudad Juarez 18 – 20 October 2006

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