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Leading Change : Developing Information Literacy Frameworks for Students and Library Staff. Greta Friggens & Lisa White. Information literacy framework for students. Using Library Resources Effectively. Core Skills. Q&A. . . Q&A. . . Q&A. . . Q&A. . . Q&A. . . Q&A.
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Leading Change: Developing Information Literacy Frameworks for Students and Library Staff Greta Friggens & Lisa White
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Q&A Using Library Resources Effectively Core Skills Compare information in books, newspapers, magazines and academic journals If you wanted to find out, which sources do you think it would be most useful to look at? I wonder what people thought about punks in the 1970s? Reveal the answer Magazines Academic journals Books Newspapers Newspapers are especially useful for contemporary public opinion Punks CC agogo, Flickr
Using Library Resources Effectively Core Skills Compare information in books, newspapers, magazines and academic journals The Information Landscape will help you to understand what kind of information each of these contain.
What did the project change? From guidance documentation Interactive learning tool Benefiting Academic colleagues Library staff Students • Self-directed study • PDP • Distance learners • Collaborative partners • Link to /embed within • Moodle • Tailor information to • suit subject specialisms • At partner institutions • Enquiry desk staff • Faculty Librarians • Developed into an • information literacy • framework for library staff
How did we take this forward? Expectation that students will develop IL skills, so library staff should be skilled too Adapt the student framework to suit library staff Identify skills sessions for different groups of staff to support the IL framework In the Navy CC Rooners, Flickr
Staff Development Framework Information literacy framework New programme of events Focused library skills sessions Move to mandatory sessions Feedback and engagement Development plans Supporting staff in secondments and new roles HMS Victory CC Wunderboy, Flickr
8 focused skills sessions Developed directly from grouping the skills on the framework • All Library Staff • The Wiki Way • The Library Website • Using the Library • Beyond Books • Using Key Library Resources • Effectively • Enquiries staff • Using the Internet • Successfully • The Reference Enquiry – • What do our users really • want? • Using Google Scholar and • Key Databases Effectively
Session Title: • Presenters: • Who the session is aimed at: • Maximum number of participants: • Outline of session: • The aims of the session are: • Learning outcomes: • Pre-session preparation: • Notes for presenters:
Evaluation Its always amazing to see how sessions turn up things one has never noticed before! • Did they achieve aims and learning outcomes? • Increasing: • knowledge • confidence • engagement John Churchill figurehead HMS Vernon figurehead HMS Vernon figurehead
Where are we now? Programme has evolved – now have: Suite of library IL skills sessions Suite of library update sessions Plus Library Information Briefings Annually review our programme – much change e.g. RFID, digital literacy ... Measuring impact
... and what about the student framework? Using it – taking elements in to the classroom and segmenting for the VLE Updating and developing it in light of many changes in UoP’s library service Borrowed by others to adapt for VLE Develop for mobile accessibility Vintage mobile cinema takes a tour of the South West. From BBC Cornwall website
How can we spread the word? Breitling wing-walker Bi-plane at RhylAirshow 2011, Jasper180969 CC Flickr Friggens, Greta and White, Lisa. (2012). Leading change: developing information literacy frameworks for students and library staff. In: The road to information literacy. IFLA publications (157). De Gruyter Saur, The Hague, pp. 63-79.
Tops tips for a successful project Make your project fit with library/ institutional strategic aims... “To develop information literate graduates well able to exploit information for employmentand citizenship as well as academic work” 2. Acquire support from your line manager Add value to the student experience 3. What will the project change?
4. Will it impact positively on other processes? Be the change you wish to see in the world, Ghandi 5. Project management – take it seriously 6. Collaborate with immediate colleagues and beyond A boat doesn’t go forward if each person is rowing their own way, Swahili proverb Jingshen – Mandarin word for spirit and vivacity Work with those you can! 7. Sell it!
If you have any questions, please ask! Alternatively contact us greta.friggens@port.ac.uk lisa.white@port.ac.uk