Information Literacy: School & university synergy James Henri UPH Session 7 Associate Professor University of Hong Kong

Easy Answer: pretty face Develop a K->PhD continuum BUT will anyone care? (Woks & Ovens)

More Complex Answer: More than a pretty face Change the focus of libraries in both sectors Collections & services -> Customer Help the customer -> Empower the customer (informing skills &attitudes)

More Complex Answer Change the focus of libraries in both sectors Customer differentiation: -Students -Teachers -Administrators

Most Complex Answer Work to change the culture in both sectors This means the focus is placed on the teachers via institutional expectations

Factors Linkages between teaching & research Shift in measures of successful teaching (Teacher – Student comfort issues) Shift towards teaching teams

Factors Shift away from photocopy learning Change the reward system Concentrate on measures that demonstrate LEARNING

Factors Report LEARNING Report evidence of student understanding

Factors: New thinking Think about education for a sustainable future. Would this be a new curriculum or a way of thinking about existing curriculum? A new lens is being used to understand old issues The criteria for understanding are expanded

Factors: IL Think about education for a authentic learning Would this be a new curriculum or a way of thinking about existing curriculum? A new lens is being used to understand old issues The criteria for understanding are expanded

New ways of thinking It’s a way of thinking about measuring the impact of INFORMATION on the LEARNER AND the LEARNER on INFORMATION What does your school, your university, think about information?

Factors Shift criteria for entry to university away from a product focus back to an examination of the lerner

Librarians Work to influence information and learning policies Establish knowledge communities within and between organizations

Librarians Influence library educators to shift foci from: 1.Products to clients 2.Information to information literacy

Librarians Influence educators to shift foci from: 1.Products to clients 2.Information to information literacy

Culture Get to know what each is doing: Talk, meet, visit

Go Global: iasl-online.org Join IASL ……. Talk to Hanna about that!