Information literacy as a change agent? SLIC FE Conference 23 rd November 2007

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Bundy (2002), looking into the future Massification of higher education –Accelerating pedagogic change Disaggregation of teaching –Shift from teaching towards student centred learning Collaboration, problem solving, innovation, creativity

Bundy: Characteristics of a modern university until 2025 Higher academic staff/student ratios Less government funding More focus on graduate attributes and qualities More online enrolment, delivery and academic progress More local, national and global partnerships

Parallels 2002 – 2007 Bundy (2002) characteristics of HE, now reality? Do these realities present opportunities, or threats?

Bundy (2002), Opportunity or threat? Disaggregation of teaching –Arguably, emerging teaching and learning approaches are information literacy centric Not just pedagogy, economic factors –Life long learning – an economic imperative? –Producing knowledge workers for the knowledge economy –Learning to learn in the 21 st Century Societal factors –Closing digital divides

Bundy (2002), Opportunity or threat?

[Information literacy] from rhetoric to substance –Issue for librarians not libraries –Library-leadership required Information literacy as a change agent –Opportunity to; Restate Reengineer, and Reposition librarians and libraries

Where can information literacy make a difference?

Bundy (2002), From rhetoric to substance Advocacy –Advancing information literacy from a good idea, towards a programme of study (preferably integrated into the curriculum) –Developing (greater) partnership working between academics and librarians

Strengths (This making Information Literacy valuable within my organisational and/or professional setting ) Weaknesses (This negating the value of Information Literacy within my organisational and/or professional setting ) Opportunities (This will improve internal (student, staff, institutional) and external (employers, community, governmental) attitudes and/or approaches towards Information Literacy ) Threats (This may ) Ammended from “SWOT Analysis for Capturing and Sharing Knowledge and Information Assets”

Action plan

Relevance, impact What is your organisation’s mission and values? Can you demonstrate strategic alignment? –Do your services directly contribute to taking your organisation forward? University of Abertay Dundee –Graduate attributes –Information literacy secondary schools partnerships

Where does your library need to make a difference?

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Contact details Christopher Milne Information Manager, University of Abertay Dundee

References Bundy, A, (2002). The university library as educational change-agent: an Australian perspective. Paper for the OECD seminar Universities and libraries, Paris August 2002.