the new curriculum for information literacy: business librarians association conference: keynote
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This was a keynote based on ANCIL (A New Curriculum for Information Literacy) given at the Business Librarians Association Annual Conference at Leicester on 10th July 2014TRANSCRIPT
The new curriculum for information literacyJane Secker, LSE
BLA Conference, 10th July 2014
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What is A New Curriculum for Information Literacy (ANCIL)?
What IS information literacy and how does it improve the student experience?
What is the librarian’s role?
Evolution of ANCIL
Develop a new, revolutionary curriculum
for information literacy in a digital age
Evolution of ANCIL
Develop a new, revolutionary curriculum
for information literacy in a digital age
Strategies for implementing the
curriculum and resources to
support it
Evolution of ANCIL
Understand the needs of undergraduates entering HE over the coming 5 years
Map the current landscape of information literacy
Develop a practical curriculum and supporting resources
Develop a new, revolutionary curriculum
for information literacy in a digital age
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Milestones and deadlines
Literature review/catch up - 6-9th May and ongoingBest practice review - 6th-13th May and ongoingExpert consultation: pilot - 13th MayExpert consultation: interviews - 16th-27th MayFirst draft outline - 8th JunePlan next stage and reviseExpert consultation workshop: during week of 13th-20th June Final curriculum, evidence toolkit, framework review and literature review by 8th July
The expert consultation
Format and structure of the curriculum
Timing of the interventions Teaching style and the
method of delivery Role of audits and
assessment Marketing and promotion Key drivers
and barriers to implementation
Considerations around technology
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Technology
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Project outputs
Curriculum Expert consultation report Theoretical background
report Concept diagrams Information literacy
definition Advocacy video Lesson planning tool
Resource wiki Institutional audit tools Implementation
strategies report Information literacy first
aid model Rethinking Information
Literacy
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What IS information literacy? How does it improve the student experience?
Why does this still matter?
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Information literacy is complex
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A matter of perspective
Information literacy and learning development
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Information literacy and employability
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Information literacy and lifelong learning
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What is the librarian’s role?
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WRONG!!
“ ... the main gap I am finding is with regards to critical and holistic
thinking. There seems to be a teach‐to‐test culture which focuses on
circumscribing knowledge into manageable boxes ... ”
(ANCIL Expert Consultation Report, 2011)
Joining up support
Embedding in the curriculum
Challenging perceptions ….
“… if the teachers, whether they’re school or university teachers, don’t have the same view of IL that we do, it’s always going to be [about] the skills. And the
skills are fine but anybody can teach the skills; it’s teaching the changing attitude and the different approach that I think
has to come from the teachers.”
(ANCIL Expert Consultation Report, 2011)
Credibility and capability
Qualifications and staff development
Student as partners
“What I work with is the information that’s still inside people’s heads,
that’s not yet structured or fully articulated, that’s the result of the
creative encounter between an individual and a learning context.”
(The Mongoose Librarian, 2013)