the rdf and information-handling skills stéphane goldstein presentation to the inaugural meeting of...
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The RDF and information-handling skills
Stéphane Goldstein
Presentation to the inaugural meeting ofthe North East / Yorkshire network
Newcastle University14 February 2011
Researcher Development Framework
• Making this as relevant as possible to information literacy
• Influencing the drafting of the RDF in 2010• Highlighting relevant parts of the RDF; provision of
an information ‘lens’• Looking at ways of exploiting the RDF to promote
information literacy: guidance, toolkits…• Relationship with SCONUL’s Seven Pillars
So what’s relevant in the RDF?
• Explicit references to information literacy among the competencies and areas of knowledgeo Information-handlingo Data managemento Contextual knowledge
• Information thread also running throughout much of the Framework
The most obvious sub-domains• Information seeking
o Search and discoveryo Assessment of sources (reliability, reputation, relevance…)
• Information literacy managemento Information/data longevityo Security and legal requirements
• Professional conducto Legal requirements: data protection, FoIo IPR, copyright, data ownership
• Publicationo Production of publishable materialo Range and diversity of dissemination outlets
An information thread
• Subject knowledge• Research methods• Analysing, synthesising, evaluating• Integrity• Responsiveness to change• Ethics• Project planning & delivery• and others…
Exploiting the RDF
• The RDF isn’t an end in itself: practical material may be derived from it, to meet particular needs…
• … so useful to think of ways of exploiting ito ‘lenses’o guidanceo toolkit
• The discussion following this presentation is an opportunity to reflect on this
