Information Literacy

provision for UWL students

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Date: April 2015 ● Library Academic Support Team

March 2015

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)

•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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•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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March 2015

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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March 2015

• 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

Information Skills Development

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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

• 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

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

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

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.

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)

40334039

Ealing Law School Susan McGlamery 2377

Ealing School of Art, Design and Media Evelyn Jamieson 2637

London College of Music Julia Randall Shelagh Hewson

26482151

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