Information Literacy

Geoff Walton is a Subject and Learning Support Librarian and Research Informed teaching (RiT) Project Co-ordinator at Staffordshire University, with specific subject responsibilities for Psychology and Sport & Exercise Science. As RiT Co-ordinator Geoff is involved in identifying synergies between research, teaching, learning, information literacy, e-learning and inquiry-based learning. He is particularly interested in the cognitive processes involved in becoming information literate. His research interests also include developing the online information literacy tool the Assignment Survival Kit (ASK), developing a process for online peer assessment, investigating academic skills needs in undergraduate students and using inquiry-based methods to facilitate learning. Alison Pope was a Learning and Teaching Fellow at Staffordshire University from 2005 to 2009. Her research in this period focused on the importance of adopting a strategic approach to information literacy in the HE context. She especially focused on the need to embed information literacy within the curriculum. Alison has spoken at many high profile conferences on this topic and has also published widely. She is Senior Subject and Learning Support Librarian at Staffordshire University with specific responsibility for the Schools of Law and Business. Alison leads the team at Staffordshire responsible for the development of the Assignment Survival Kit (ASK) and is currently engaged in empirical research to develop further the ASK software in a Web 2.0 environment.

• Background to the conference Information literacy: recognising the needTheir themes includeInformation literacy: recognising the need - an introduction ContextWhat is Information Literacy?Why is Information Literacy important now?The higher education context: e-learning, PDP and the quality agendaInformation literacy: reviewing our positionInformation Literacy: the new “pedagogy of the question”? AbstractIntroductionEmpowering the learner through the pedagogy of the questionInformation literacy, a profound educational issueFrom institutions for teaching to institutions of learning?Developing a Community of Practice: The Newcastle Information Literacy Project IntroductionMethodologyPick and Mix approachDevelopment through process - the Information Literacy ForumPedagogical infrastructureInstitutional embeddingConclusionProviding for the next generation: adopting interactive whiteboards in information literacy trainingKeeping up with the Google generation: the challenge for Information Literacy teachers AbstractIntroductionThe Net Generation studentsGoogle and Google ScholarMetasearchHow does this affect Information Literacy?Effects on teaching of Information LiteracyConclusionInformation overload and the re-invention of brutality: a systemic view of information literacy AbstractWorking towards the Information Literate University IntroductionWhat do we mean by the Information Literate University?Academics and the ILULibrarians and the ILUTowards the ILUAppendix 1Reflections on the ‘Information Literacy: recognising the need’ conference at Staffordshire University, 17th May 2006 Acknowledgment