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Reception and application of information literacy instruction in Portuguese academic libraries Tatiana Sanches Lisbon University, Institute of Education

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Page 1: Reception and application of information literacy instruction in Portuguese academic libraries

Reception and application of

information literacy instruction in

Portuguese academic libraries

Tatiana Sanches

Lisbon University, Institute of Education

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Research question

• How is literacy

instruction conducted

and provided in

Portugal?

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Objective

• To systematize the state of knowledge

regarding information literacy instruction

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Methods

• Systematic literature review

– selection of studies available on the Internet

– a survey was performed, both in Portuguese and

English

– EBSCO HOST, B-on and RCAAP

• Conducted during the first quarter of 2013

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Methods

• Boolean search for:

academic libraries or university libraries

user education

information literacy

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Results

• EBSCO-Host Portal: 846 articles matching

4

academic libraries or university libraries

information literacy

user education

+ Portugal

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Results

• B-on Portal: 45,000 references

5

academic libraries or university libraries

information literacy

user education

+ Portugal

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Results

• RCAAP Portal: 154 references

11

academic libraries or university libraries

information literacy

user education

+ Portugal

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Selectivity criteria

• Simultaneous matching of a set of conditions:

– a specific subject (user education in information

literacy);

– the type of study and methodology (case study

analysis of a reality by observation, survey,

interviews, etc.),

– participants (users, readers, students),

– and context (university library).

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7 cases / libraries

• Case 1 –Minho University

• Case 2 – Algarve University

• Case 3 –Nova University of Lisbon

• Case 4 – B-on, Biblioteca do Conhecimento On-line

(B-on)

• Case 5 – Lisbon University, Faculty of Medicine

• Case 6 – Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco

• Case 7 – Lisbon University, Faculty of Psychology

and Institute of Education

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State of the art: recommendations

• To insist on knowledge, on the

part of students, of existing

resources.

• To develop and affirm the intrinsic

value of libraries for the personal

and professional development of

its users.

• To better communicate with target

audiences.

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State of the art: recommendations

• To actively disseminate

training.

• To understand the

multiplying effect of training.

• To affirm librarians as

promoters of educational

success.

• To integrate the content of

training in information

literacy in the curriculum.

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IL instruction in Portugal

Information Skills

Locating

Selecting

Evaluating

To develop

Using

Synthesizing

Presenting

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Information Skills

• Exceptions:

– Nova University of Lisbon (Faculty of Science and

Technology Library)

– University of Lisbon (library of the Faculty of

Psychology and Institute of Education),

• Their training activities are described as including ideas

related to structuring a scientific work, to registering

information and to writing strategies.

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Conclusions

• Role of librarians in higher education in Portugal

- investigations and studies still incipient

• Training in information literacy – information

scarce

• Suggestion - Creation of working groups, with

common aims and activities, in order to

strengthen information literacy in Portugal.