Presented at LILAC 2018

1. THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
- Why are Information Skills not
an essential part of the
curriculum?
Barbara Band
School Library, Reading and Literacy Consultant
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2. What to choose?
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3. A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME?
Librarian …
Library Manager …
LRC Manager …
Head Librarian …
Head of Library Services …
Head of Information Resources …
Learning Lounge Manager …
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4. Cutting Edge Technology
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5. BARRIERS
• Education system?
• Teaching profession?
• Information profession?
• Technology?
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6. INFORMATION LITERACY
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7. MODELS
• Super 3
• PLUS
• Big 6
• Six Frames
• Seven Faces
• SCONOL Seven Pillars
• 8Ws of Enquiry
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8. TERMINOLOGY
• Study skills
• Academic skills
• Digital literacy
• Media literacy
• Information literacy
• Independent learning skills
• Workplace skills
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9. UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
ADMISSIONS OFFICE, 2013:
Ideal A Level Candidate
• Commitment to their chosen subject
• Interest and aptitude
• Ability to think independently and critically
• Logical, problem-solving approach
• Enthusiasm for challenging ideas
• Motivation and organisation
• Intellectual flexibility and curiosity
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10. BENEFITS
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11. WHY IL SKILLS?
• Efficiency and effective working
• Reading and writing
• Increased academic achievement
• Managers of information
• Decisions
• E-safety
• Fake news
• Choices
• Citizenship and democracy
• Financial benefits
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12. Moore, P. (1999). Revealing thinking:
Teachers working together on
information literacy
“ … teachers were unaware that students may
have problems with every step in the research
process.”
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13. LIBRARIANS v STUDENTS
An EasyBib survey of librarians across the United States
noted that:
“36.1% of students entering college felt they had an
advanced understanding of how to evaluate a
website. Librarians, however, estimated that only
2% of entering college students had advanced
website-evaluation skills.”
https://online.cune.edu/defining-information-literacy/
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14. “First Findings of the Eurobarometer on fake
news and online disinformation”
European Commission, February 2018
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15. COLLABORATION
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16. HPQ PROJECT
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17. “The Impact of Digital Tools on Student Writing and
How Writing is Taught in Schools.”
Purcell et al. (2013)
• Looking for information that is hard to find – 78%
poor or fair
• Ability to evaluate information and recognise bias in
online content – 71% poor or fair
• Ability to assess quality and accuracy of online
information – 61% poor or fair
• Read and digest long or complicated texts – 69%
• Navigate issues of fair use and copyright – 67%
• Appropriately cite or reference – 57%
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18. BRITISH LIBRARY/JISC Report, 2008
Information Behaviour of the
Researcher of the Future
“We think these (information) skills need to be
incubated during the formative years of
childhood: by university or college it is too late to
reverse engineer deeply ingrained habits.”
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19. CURRICULUM
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20. International Federation of
Library Associations and
Institutions: Information Literacy
Section
Guidelines on Information Literacy for Lifelong
Learning –
“… the complete success of an information literacy
program depends on the commitment at the
institutional level.”
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21. IT PROVISION
• New technologies
• Adequate IT facilities
• Teacher’s knowledge
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22. INFORMATION OVERLOAD
• Time
• Overload
• Productivity
• Poor strategies
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23. IMPACT
http://iorgforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/IntelWarIO.BasexReport1.pdf
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24. THE SOLUTION?
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