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A presentation on the current work programme for the Research Information and Digital Literacies Coalition (RIDLs), and initiative aimed at developing awareness of information literacy across different communities of interest in the realm of higher education and beyond. The presentation is at the conference entitled 'From the road less travelled to the information super highway: information literacy in the 21st Century', organised by the M25 consortium of London academic libraries and CILIP.
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RIDLsA collective approach to IL in higher education and beyond
Stéphane GoldsteinResearch Information Network
Jane SeckerLSE
From the road less travelled to the information superhighway: information literacy
in the 21st Century
British Library31 January 2014 Topkapi Palace, Istanbul
What is RIDLs?
A coalition of partners working together to promote the value of information and research data literacy for academic researchers
A collectively-run programme to enable activities which help to advance LIS knowledge and skills
Grant-funded by HEFCE for one year initially (June 2012 – May 2013) second tranche of funding recently approved (January-December 2014)
Important premise: Partners not limited to the academic library world: others players
have a stake! Important to build a network that capitalises on different outlooks Academic librarians, pedagogists, data management specialists,
career & professional development experts, information sciences researchers…
Who has been involved in RIDLs?
Funded by: Managed by:
RIDLs achievements to date
Providing networking opportunities for partners Criteria for describing, reviewing & assessing training
interventions Identifying & promoting documented cases of good practice
in IL training interventions in UK universities Promoting Vitae’s Researcher Development Framework
inasmuch as this applies to IL Thematic workshops
Study and report on training & skills in open data International engagement
Contribution to FP7 bid on training in open access
Blue Mosque, Istanbul
RIDLs programme for 2014
Four strands of activity:
Sustaining and expanding RIDLs as a viable coalition
Using the RIDLs criteria to support the development of information and data literacy training resources
Transferability of information and data literacy skills/know-how beyond academia
International outreach
Sustaining and expanding RIDLs
To date, RIDLs has functioned as a loose, informal network coordinated by RIN
Appropriate for foundation-laying period, but need for more structured arrangements now that initiative is maturing
Clearer expression of the value added by RIDLs A more formal membership structure
Distinction between individual and organisational membership Expectations and responsibilities of organisational members (accountability,
outreach…) Clearly defining the benefits of membership (closely related to value added) Increasing the membership and reach
Improved governance Better promotion of RIDLs work and achievements A change in title?
Deployment and use of RIDLs criteria
RIDLs criteria for describing, reviewing and evaluating IL training interventions
Issued in July 2013 following consultation and piloting in over 15 institutions Criteria as a self-help tool
Criteria now need to be more widely disseminated and promoted, and their use encouraged
Need for community involvement in the dissemination effort – who can help? Directed in the first instance towards university libraries, but others might be
interested too How best to disseminate and promote?
Next stage: potential for using the criteria as a basis for a support service
The purpose and form of such a service is open to discussion Guidance, advice, facilitation for developing training resources? Using the criteria for accreditation purposes? Need to consider carefully the case for such a service… and who might pay for it
– could it be associate with some form of RIDLs membership? Consultations will take place, views welcome!
The Golden Horn and Bosphorus, Istanbul
Transferability of IL skills/know-how beyond academia (1)
Expanding the scope of RIDLs Investigating whether/how IL skills and know-how associated with
scholarly endeavour forms part of long-term professional development of individuals after they leave university
Evidence-gathering on whether/how relevant players perceive IL skills and know-how as part of their policies, objectives and practices
career advisers (AGCAS) organisations with an interest in standards (HEA, QAA, professional statutory
regulatory bodies) – relevance to accreditation organisations with an interest in matching skills to needs (National Centre for
Universities and Business, UK Commission for Employment and Skills) professional bodies employer/employee organisations (CBI, Institute of Directors, TUC… and if
possible, individual enterprises) Other stakeholders?
Transferability of IL skills/know-how beyond academia (2)
Results of evidence-gathering will determine next steps improving the understanding of IL awareness-raising common approaches to promotion joint resources (flyers, information sheets, online guidance…)
To achieve this, RIDLs will work with those stakeholders that have manifested the most interest during the evidence-gathering
Possible workshop/small conference around September
Putting IL on the map of sectors which have not previously considered it as an issue…
… on the understanding that it will probably not be described as IL
International outreach
Engaging with individuals and organisations outside the UK to compare experiences and identify openings for international collaboration
Key stakeholders include: UNESCO and Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy
(GAPMIL) IFLA (IL Section) European Network on Information Literacy (EnIL) National Forum on Information Literacy (NFIL) – good example, from the US, of
success in pushing IL up the national policy agenda ECIL
Major international events: LILAC (April) IFLA IL Section Satellite (August) ECIL (October)
Prospects for European funding: not very likely in 2014
Topkapi Palace, Istanbul
Questions to consider
What sort of organisation should RIDLs evolve into?
What can be done to promote and encourage the use of the RIDLs criteria?
Is there a case for a support / accreditation service to support the development of IL training?
Who could RIDLs usefully engage with in seeking to develop awareness of IL at the interface between HE and the world of business / employment? And how do we attract the attention of relevant players?
What could RIDLs gain from international engagement?
Thank you for taking part!
Stéphane [email protected]
Jane [email protected]
Photos taken following the European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL),
Istanbul, October 2013Credits: Stéphane Goldstein
Aya Sophia, Istanbul