Joy Gambill

June 9, 2011

What place does information literacy hold in the growing

repertoire of literacies needed to ensure lifelong learning?

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Computer Literacy

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Literacy: “The quality or state of being literate; knowledge of letters; conditions in respect to education.” "literacy, n.". OED Online. March 2011. Oxford University Press. 7 June 2011

<http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/109054?redirectedFrom=literacy>.

Literate: “Acquainted with letters or literature; educated, instructed, learned.” "literate, adj. and n.". OED Online. March 2011.

Oxford University Press. 7 June 2011 <http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/109070?redirectedFrom=literate>.

Literacy

American Library Association’s Presidential Committee on Information Literacy: Final ReportReleased on January 10, 1989 in Washington,

D.C.

“In an information society all people should have the right to information which can enhance their lives.”

“To be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.”

Information Literacy

“Ultimately, information literate people are those who have learned how to learn. They know how to learn because they know how knowledge is organized, how to find information, and how to use information in such a way that others can learn from them. They are people prepared for lifelong learning, because they can always find the information needed for any task or decision at hand.”

An information literate individual is able to:Determine the extent of information neededAccess the needed information effectively and

efficientlyEvaluate information and its sources criticallyIncorporate selected information into one’s

knowledge baseUse information effectively to accomplish a

specific purposeUnderstand the economic, legal, and social

issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legally.

Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education

Information Literacy and Information TechnologyA 1999 report from the National Research

Council promotes “fluency” with information technology.

Information literacy focuses on content, communication, analysis, information searching, and evaluation.

Information technology fluency focuses on a deep understanding of technology and graduated, increasingly skilled use of it.

Information literate individuals necessarily develop some technology skills.

Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education

Uses five standards, twenty-two performance indicators , and eighty-six outcomes

Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education

What do we do with this?

Transliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks. http://nlabnetworks.typepad.com/transliteracy/

Promoted in the US by Bobbi Newman, 2011 Library Journal Mover and Shaker

Originated with the cross-disciplinary Transliteracies Project group headed by Alan Liu from the Department of English at the University of California-Santa Barbara.

Professor Sue Thomas of the Institute of Creative Technologies at De Montfort University in the UK attended the conference and developed many of the key concepts.

Transliteracy

It is about the interaction between text literacy, visual literacy, and digital literacy.

Thomas states, “transliteracy is a move toward a unifying ecology of not just media, but of all literacies relevant to reading, writing, interaction, and culture.”

Emphasizes the benefits of knowledge sharing via social networks and creating an information narrative that evolves and adds value.

Ipri, Tom. “Introducing Transliteracy: What Does it Mean to Academic Libraries?” C&RL News (Nov. 2010): 532-33, 567. College and Research Libraries News. ACRL. Web. 7 June 2011. <http://crln.acrl.org/content/71/10/532.full>

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Literal Literacy

Figurative Literacy

“Metaliteracy provides a conceptual framework for information literacy that diminishes theoretical differences, builds practical connections, and reinforces central lifelong learning goals among different literacy types.” (Mackey 76)

ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards do not “fully address the broader knowledge required for producing dynamic online content as an individual and in collaboration with others.” (Mackey 74)

Mackey, Thomas P., and Trudi E. Jacobson. “Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy.” College & Research Libraries Jan. 2011: 62-78. College and Research Libraries, ACRL. Web. 8 June 2011.

Metaliteracy

Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy

It is an online portal that makes it easy to find resources and tools that teach computer and online skills launched in May 2011.

http://www.digitalliteracy.gov/

Psychology Information Literacy Standards (June 2010)

Information Literacy Standards for Anthropology and Sociology (January 2008)

Information Literacy Standards for Science and Technology (June 2006)

Information Literacy Standards for Teacher Education (May 2011)

Political Science Research Competency Guidelines (July 2008)

Research Competency Guidelines for Literatures in English (June 2007)

ACRL’S Response to Emerging Literacies?

What place does information literacy hold in the growing repertoire of literacies needed to ensure lifelong learning?

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Eshet-Alkalai, Yoram. “Digital Literacy: A Conceptual Framework for Survival Skill in the Digital Era.” Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia 13.1 (2004): 93-106. Proquest. Web. 7 June 2011.

Eshet-Alkali, Yoram, and Yair Amichai-Hamburger. “Experiments in Digital Literacy.” CyberPsychology & Behavior 7.4 (2004): 421-29. Mary Ann Liebert Publishers. Web. 7 June 2011.

Ferreiro, Emilia. “Librarians and Basic Education Teachers in the Context of ‘Digital Literacy.’”IFLA Journal 31.1 (2005): 35-44. Sage. Web. 6 June 2011.

Hobbs, Renee. Digital and Media Literacy: A Plan of Action. Washington: Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program, 2010. The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy. Web. 8 June 2011.

Holman, Lucy. “Millennial Students’ Mental Models of Search: Implications for Academic Librarians and Database Developers.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship 37.1 (2011): 19-27. Library Literature and Information Technology Full Text. Web. 8 June 2011.

Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. ACRL. Association of College and Research Libraries, 2011. Web. 8 June 2011.

Ipri, Tom. “Introducing Transliteracy: What Does it Mean to Academic Libraries?” C&RL News , Nov. 2010: 532-33, 567. College and Research Libraries News. ACRL. Web. 7 June 2011. http://crln.acrl.org/content/71/10/532.full

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Mackey, Thomas P., and Trudi E. Jacobson. “Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy.” College & Research Libraries Jan. 2011: 62-78. College and Research Libraries, ACRL. Web. 7 June 2011.