Overview of the Current
Information Literacy World
Sirje Virkus
UNESCO “Training the Trainers in Information Literacy
Workshop”
Tallinn University, Estonia
21.08.2008

Agenda
• Personal Background
• Phases of IL research
• The territories of IL research
• Conclusions

My Personal Background
• Tallinn University (1975-1979) – student, LIS
• Institute of Scientific Information and Economic
Research (ISTIER) (1978-1985) – researcher, ICT,
information systems
• Tallinn University (1985 -) teacher, administrator
• ODL 1994 (WebCT, LearnLoop, IVA) – learner,
designer, teacher, tutor
• MMU (2001-2005) – PhD student, researcher,
teacher, designer, tutor (distance mode), IL