The Future of Information Literacy
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THE FUTURE OF INFORMATION LITERACYLaura SaundersNELIG 2013Philips Andover Academy
IL: WHAT & WHY?
WHO IS INTERESTED?
THE CURRENT PICTUREOpportunities & Challenges
AREAS OF CONVERGENCE: OPPORTUNITIES
Wide recognition of importance of IL Relevance Collaboration Integration Mission alignment
WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY Collaboration is key Move past search and retrieval Define and demonstrate relevance Importance of assessment
WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS?
Commonly identified: resources, faculty reticence/attitude, lack of common vocabulary, lack of role definitions…
WHAT COMES NEXT?Charting the Future
FACULTY PERSPECTIVES
Common Concersn Disciplinary Divergences
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Humanities (Litera-ture, Languages, Art, Music, etc.)
Social Science (His-tory, Political Science, Psychology, etc.)
Health Science
Natural/Physical Sciences
Business/MBA
Rating Average
HOW DO WE ACCESS OUR OPPORTUNITIES…
…WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS?
AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY Communication:
The language of faculty
Il in the disciplines Beyond retrieval to
evaluation Assessment as
opportunity
TRENDS: INSTRUCTION Threshold concepts: transformative &
troublesome! Metadata & findability Good searches use database structure Format as process Authority is constructed & contextual ‘Primary source’ is an exact and conditional
category Information as commodity Research solves problems
Evaluation & Skepticism
TRENDS: OUTREACH & INTEGRATION Embedding Research Consultations Focus on faculty
TAKING THE LEAD