Information Literacy: School & university synergy

James Henri UPH Session 7Associate ProfessorUniversity of Hong Kong

Easy Answer: pretty face

• Develop a K->PhD continuum

BUT will anyone care?

(Woks & Ovens)

More Complex Answer: More than a pretty face

• Change the focus of libraries in both sectors

• Collections & services -> Customer

• Help the customer -> Empower the customer (informing skills &attitudes)

More Complex Answer

• Change the focus of libraries in both sectors

• Customer differentiation:- Students- Teachers- Administrators

Most Complex Answer

• Work to change the culture in both sectors

• This means the focus is placed on the teachers via institutional expectations

Factors

• Linkages between teaching & research

• Shift in measures of successful teaching

• (Teacher – Student comfort issues)

• Shift towards teaching teams

Factors

• Shift away from photocopy learning• Change the reward system• Concentrate on measures that

demonstrate LEARNING

Factors

• Report LEARNING• Report evidence of student

understanding

Factors: New thinking

• Think about education for a sustainable future.

• Would this be a new curriculum or a way of thinking about existing curriculum?

• A new lens is being used to understand old issues

• The criteria for understanding are expanded

Factors: IL

• Think about education for a authentic learning

• Would this be a new curriculum or a way of thinking about existing curriculum?

• A new lens is being used to understand old issues

• The criteria for understanding are expanded

New ways of thinking

• It’s a way of thinking about measuring the impact of INFORMATION on the LEARNERAND the LEARNER on INFORMATION

• What does your school, youruniversity, think about information?

Factors

• Shift criteria for entry to university away from a product focus back to an examination of the lerner

Librarians

• Work to influence information and learning policies

• Establish knowledge communities within and between organizations

Librarians

• Influence library educators to shift foci from:

1. Products to clients2. Information to information

literacy

Librarians

• Influence educators to shift foci from:

1. Products to clients2. Information to information

literacy

Culture

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