Short powerpoint presented at the COLRIC seminar on 7 June 2013 by Sheila Webber

1. Developing profiles for the
information literacy professional
#infolitpro Sheila Webber
Information School
University of Sheffield
June 2013

2. Aim
• To develop a set of profiles for the Information
Literacy Professional (ILP)
– Profiles for different sectors and developed in different
languages to suit local needs
• ILP = anyone who has IL-related activities as a key
and core part of his or her job. The actual job title
will vary.

3. Purposes
• Help people writing/revising job descriptions or
putting together a case for an IL professional
• Aid planning for Continuing Professional
Development (CPD)
• Help in the work of establishing the importance of IL

5. Process
• Identify relevant documents and other evidence
• Team leaders for different countries/ sectors
• Hold face to face and virtual workshops e.g. LILAC,
COLRIC, European Conference on Information
Literacy
• Use online tools to generate ideas, draft and refine
the profiles.
• Target for profile set is the IFLA Conference August
2014

6. End product for each profile
• Document outlining what the skills, knowledge and
attitudes of the ILP might be and what
education/CPD for the ILP could look like
• Plus richer evidence about what being an IL
Professional can mean & a dynamic online resource
as a focal point for further development
• Still deciding best way of publishing - for the
moment it’s the blog

7. What kinds of
evidence?
Millet, M.S. (2007) Information Literacy
Coordinator. In: Shontz, P.K. and Murray, R.A.
(Eds.) A day in the life: career options in library
and information science. Westport, CT:
Libraries Unlimited. pp.140-143Face to face and virtual meetings
Presentations,
social media
Books
Job descriptions
Lau, J. (2006)
Guidelines on
information
literacy for
lifelong
learning. The
Hague: IFLA
Research, articles

8. Sheila Webber
s.webber@sheffield.ac.uk
http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @sheilayoshikawa
#infolitpro
http://infolitpro.blogspot.co.uk/