Information Literacy

- Background to the conference - Information literacy: recognising the need - Their themes include - Information literacy: recognising the need - an introduction - Context - What is Information Literacy? - Why is Information Literacy important now? - The higher education context: e-learning, PDP and the quality agenda - Information literacy: reviewing our position - Information Literacy: the new "pedagogy of the question? - Abstract - Introduction - Empowering the learner through the pedagogy of the question - Information literacy, a profound educational issue - From institutions for teaching to institutions of learning? - Developing a Community of Practice: The Newcastle Information Literacy Project - Introduction - Methodology - Pick and Mix approach - Development through process - the Information Literacy Forum - Pedagogical infrastructure - Institutional embedding - Conclusion - Providing for the next generation: adopting interactive whiteboards in information literacy training - Keeping up with the Google generation: the challenge for Information Literacy teachers - Abstract - Introduction - The Net Generation students - Google and Google Scholar - Metasearch - How does this affect Information Literacy? - Effects on teaching of Information Literacy - Conclusion - Information overload and the re-invention of brutality: a systemic view of information literacy - Abstract - Working towards the Information Literate University - Introduction - What do we mean by the Information Literate University? - Academics and the ILU - Librarians and the ILU - Towards the ILU - Appendix 1 - Reflections on the 'Information Literacy: recognising the need' conference at Staffordshire University, 17th May 2006 - Acknowledgment