THE FUTURE OF INFORMATION LITERACYLaura SaundersNELIG 2013Philips Andover Academy

IL: WHAT & WHY?

WHO IS INTERESTED?

THE CURRENT PICTUREOpportunities & Challenges

AREAS OF CONVERGENCE: OPPORTUNITIES

Wide recognition of importance of IL Relevance Collaboration Integration Mission alignment

WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY Collaboration is key Move past search and retrieval Define and demonstrate relevance Importance of assessment

WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS?

Commonly identified: resources, faculty reticence/attitude, lack of common vocabulary, lack of role definitions…

WHAT COMES NEXT?Charting the Future

FACULTY PERSPECTIVES

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Humanities (Litera-ture, Languages, Art, Music, etc.)

Social Science (His-tory, Political Science, Psychology, etc.)

Health Science

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Business/MBA

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HOW DO WE ACCESS OUR OPPORTUNITIES…

…WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS?

AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY Communication:

The language of faculty

Il in the disciplines Beyond retrieval to

evaluation Assessment as

opportunity

TRENDS: INSTRUCTION Threshold concepts: transformative &

troublesome! Metadata & findability Good searches use database structure Format as process Authority is constructed & contextual ‘Primary source’ is an exact and conditional

category Information as commodity Research solves problems

Evaluation & Skepticism

TRENDS: OUTREACH & INTEGRATION Embedding Research Consultations Focus on faculty

TAKING THE LEAD