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INFORMATION SKILLS FOR LIFE-LONG LEARNING

INFORMATION SKILLS FOR LIFE-LONG LEARNING. 65th. IFLA Council and General Conference Bangkok, Thailand, August 24, 1999 by Jesús Lau / José Cortés Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez MEXICO jlau@uacj.mx / jcortes@uacj.mx. TOPICS. Demand for more relevant education

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INFORMATION SKILLS FOR LIFE-LONG LEARNING

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  1. INFORMATION SKILLS FOR LIFE-LONG LEARNING 65th. IFLA Council and General Conference Bangkok, Thailand, August 24, 1999 by Jesús Lau / José Cortés Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez MEXICO jlau@uacj.mx / jcortes@uacj.mx

  2. TOPICS • Demand for more relevant education • Life-long learning competencies • Mexican universities’ efforts to face change • UACJ libraries’ user education program • 2020 vision: libraries’ learning facilitation role

  3. HIGHER EDUCATION CHALLENGES Easier communication: Internet and telecommunications Distant learning: universities beyond their walls Sciences are more interdisciplinary Constant change in the workplace New organization structures: independent work More than one career in a lifetime

  4. LEARNING NEEDS AND HIGHER EDUCATION • Education ought • to provide: • Knowledge • Skills • Values Student needs education to: Live Learn Work

  5. STUDENT NEEDS EDUCATION TO: Live Learn Work EDUCATION OUGHT TO PROVIDE: Knowledge Skills Values LEARNING NEEDS AND HIGHER EDUCATION

  6. TEACHING ORIENTED MODEL Libraries, laboratories and computer networks Students Professor

  7. LEARNING ORIENTED MODEL Professor Libraries, laboratories and computer networks Student

  8. BASIC COMPETENCIES (Evers) 1. Managing self • Learning • Personal organization and time management • Personal strengths • Problem solving and analytic 2. Communicating • Interpersonal • Listening • Oral communication • Written communication 3. Managing people and tasks • Coordinating • Decision making • Leadership and influence • Managing conflict • Planning and organizing 4. Mobilizing innovation and change • Ability to conceptualize • Creativity, innovation, change • Risk taking • Visioning

  9. FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION BUK: A Vision for 20 Years, the Learning Society UNESCO: Regional Planning Meetings, “Declaración Mundial sobre la Educación Superior en el Siglo XXI.”: Visión y Acción, 9 de octubre de 1998 OECD Education Policy Analysis 1998; Paris, October 2, 1998 Pennsylvania State University:: Academic Excellence, Planning for the Twenty-First Century World Bank: Strategies to Develop Higher Education

  10. CHANGE AT SOME MEXICAN UNIVERSITIES Autónoma de Guadalajara (UDG) Aguascalientes (UAA) Ciudad Juárez (UACJ) Nuevo León (UANL) Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA)

  11. UACJ: LIBRARY ROLE Facilitate information skills development Promote information services use Provide information literacy Promote independent learning

  12. PROGRAMA DE HABILIDADES INFORMATIVAS - UACJ 1. CAI: Introducción al acceso de la información (10 horas), obligatorio, 2,400 estudiantes por año 2. DHI: Talleres de habilidades informativas (2 horas), opcional, uno por día, 1,000 asistentes por año

  13. 3. MADRID: Course for professors (36 hours), part of the lecturers’ training program, 30 per year 4. Library tours to all new students, compulsory, 2,400 per year 5. Information guides (70), flyers, videos, posters, postcards, etc.

  14. NEXT LIBRARY STEP • Re-position library instructional role • Team with academia • Increase the quality of information demand • Transform the library into a learning center • Facilitate life-long learning skills development

  15. UACJ: VISION 2020 Identification of a new educational model A six month ongoing process Participation of key academics Case discussion and literature review Consultation of university community and society New tenure and faculty development principles Strategic planning: 2020 Vision A major planning exercise Consultation of university and society members Goal: A 20 year long term vision of the University

  16. SUMMARY • Society demands more relevant education • Graduates require skills and values, besides knowledge • Change at some Mexican universities • UACJ, 2020 vision • Libraries’ role as supporters of learners • UACJ libraries aim to be centers of learning

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