NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL: BI TO IL LYNN YEAGER, MLIS, AHIP OU-TULSA LIBRARY OK-ACRL Conference, November 5, 2010

Information literacy is not business as usual. It is part of a larger reform movement in education that seeks major changes in the way institutions educate. Not Business as Usual: BI to IL

Information literacy is not business as usual. “A paradigm shift is taking hold in American higher education. In its briefest form, the paradigm that has governed our colleges it this: A college is an institution that exists to provide instruction. Subtly but profoundly we are shifting to a new paradigm: A college is an institution that exists to produce learning. This shift changes everything.” Barr and Tagg 1995

Significant Distinctions Information literacy instruction GOAL: To be an effective user of information in any format and place Bibliographic Instruction GOAL: To teach how to find information in the library

Significant Distinctions Information literacy instruction Collaboratively designed and delivered by the librarian, instructors and others Bibliographic Instruction Organized and taught by a librarian

Significant Distinctions Information literacy instruction Librarian or content created by a librarian is often integrated into classes and curriculum Bibliographic Instruction Librarian has superficial contact with individual classes and curriculum

Significant Distinctions Information literacy instruction Content consists of critical thinking skills related to the use of information Bibliographic Instruction Content consists of teaching students to use research tools accessed through the library

Significant Distinctions Information literacy instruction Teaching methods create learning environments where librarians and faculty are coaches and guides Bibliographic Instruction Teaching methods involve lecture, demonstration, with emphasis on the presenter

Kotter’s Process of Change  Establishing a sense of urgency  Creating the guiding coalition  Developing a vision  Communicating the change vision

Kotter’s Process of Change  Empowering broad based action  Generating short term wins  Consolidating gains and producing more change  Anchoring new approaches of culture John Kotter, 1996

Acts of Leadership  Negotiate with the faculty  Give feedback to a colleague  Take a risk  Help create a vision  Advocate  Persuade other to try something new  Work with others outside of the library

“Leadership is more tribal than scientific, more of a weaving of relationships than an amassing of detail.” Max Du Pree Not Business as Usual: BI to IL