Information literacy communities of practice in a converged service

Clare McCluskeyIFLA Satellite Meeting, Limerick

14 August 2014

Background

• Converged service– Library– ICT– Media– Print

• Where does information literacy fit?• Is Information Learning Services a learning

organisation?

Learning organisation

• Staff development based on shared values (Camille and Wu 2010)

• Learning for both service users and staff (Bergat and d’Elia 2010)

• Information literacy at core of our learning

Information Literacy

• Those in roles focusing on IL need to be as high priority for IL training as those on periphery (Pagell and Munoo 2010)

• Users of an information service rarely distinguish between staff in different roles (Sult and Evangeliste 2009)

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ANCIL

http://newcurriculum.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/ancil_spider_2012.jpg

Key points

• Divide between practice-based and wider learning concepts– Referencing vs ethics of information use– Information searching vs evaluation of resources– Current awareness services vs ongoing learning

Acknowledgements

With thanks to Katy Wrathall for initiating the project and providing the framework within which it took place.

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