LibFest event at University of West London. Promotion to academic staff of the information literacy sessions available at University of West London

1. Information Literacy
provision for UWL students
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Date: April 2015 ● Library Academic Support Team
March 2015

2. What is Information Literacy?
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Bruce, C. and Hughes, H. (2010) Informed learning: a pedagogical construct connecting information and learning. Library and Information Science Research, 32(4), p.A2-A8.
SCONUL (2011) SCONUL Seven Pillars of Information Literacy. [Online]. Available at: http://www.sconul.ac.uk/groups/information_literacy/papers/Seven_pillars2.pdf
The ability to create knowledge effectively from information
sources (Bruce and Hughes 2010).
This begins with an awareness of the need for new
information, and proceeds to the effective gathering,
critiquing and integrating of all relevant information sources.
Information literate people will demonstrate an awareness
of how they gather, use, manage, synthesise and create
information and data in an ethical manner and will have the
information skills to do so effectively.
SCONUL (2011)

3. •Encourages more extensive and effective
information use for assignments
•Helps students select more appropriate and
academic resources for assignments
•Helps students understand the range of
resources available in their discipline
•Encourages and facilitates reading around their
subject
How does it benefit students?
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4. •Helps students to cite and reference resources
clearly in assignments to avoid accidental
plagiarism
•Helps develop Graduate Attributes and
employability
•Helps students make the transition to
professional life
How does it benefit students?
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5. Inductions:
Grounding
Students in
their
Information
World
Information
Skills
Development
Information
Management
Skills:
Referencing
& Avoiding
Plagiarism
What we offer for students
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6. • Familiarising students with the library location and
facilities
• Showing students how to find resources for weekly
reading
• Introducing students to independent reading from start
of study
Inductions
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Formats:
• Introductory presentation
• Catalogue demonstrations
• Tours of the Library building

7. Information Skills Development
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March 2015
Formats:
• Lectures
• Workshops with activities using
catalogues and databases
• Identifying their information need
• Understanding different resource types for their discipline and their
uses
• Planning search strategies and identifying keywords
• Finding resources using catalogues and databases
• Evaluating and selecting resources
• Using other libraries

8. • Principles of referencing as part of academic writing
• How to cite
• How to construct references
• Tips and tools for easier referencing
• How to use reference management systems
Information Management
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Formats:
• Lectures
• Workshops with activities to
create references for example
resources

9. How might information literacy development
support teaching and learning?
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• As part of the induction and orientation process
• By reinforcing the development of research and academic
writing skills
• By supporting learning within specific modules
• Through remedial support for students struggling to make
use of quality information sources

10. Sessions delivered in 2014-2015 Academic Year so far
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March 2015
143 Inductions
145 Information
Skills
Sessions
31 Referencing
sessions
319
Sessions
Delivered by
the Library
Academic
Support Team
6465
Students
Counting those
seen multiple
times to develop
their skills

11. Feedback from UWL Lecturers
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March 2015
Students have appreciated
your session and they are
now actively searching
literature on their selected
topics.
The database session was
really useful for the students.
It was at the point where
they need to use databases
for an assignment and
tailored to their own areas
which was excellent.

12. Book your sessions
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March 2015
The Claude Littner Business School Rachel Sleeman 2649
College of Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare Marc Forster (Reading)
Merinne Whitton (Brentford)
4033
4039
Ealing Law School Susan McGlamery 2377
Ealing School of Art, Design and Media Evelyn Jamieson 2637
London College of Music Julia Randall
Shelagh Hewson
2648
2151
London School of Hospitality and Tourism James Concannon 2251
School of Computing and Technology Edyta Krol 2787
School of Psychology, Social Work, and
Human Sciences
Ania Lazarczyk 4038