What do
What are IL research priorities Highest priority & agreement on: Results of a Delphi
Study carried out by
you What type of training required to develop the role of librarian to educator?
for public libraries? Anmol Kalsi & Annette
How can public libraries meet the needs of users in pre-university education? Kayonde, Spring 2007
think?!
What are the top IL research priorities?
Survey of UK IL experts Results of a
Delphi Study
Browsing
carried out by
Identification of effective methods for teaching IL (highest level of
Jo Cocker and Impact?
agreement on the topic’s importance)
Jane Leathley, Encountering Everyday
Investigating the relationship between IL and student success Spring 2006
Acquirers
Investigate the impact of IL on the economic performance of particular
Scanning
communities (in developing world)
Areas of life
Identifying success factors and barriers to cross-boundary work on IL
Work
Respondents:
(in educational context)
11 university
Investigate the relationship between IL development and lifelong
librarians,
learning How do personality,
10 academics, What are their existing
Investigate the economic benefits/impact of IL in a knowledge based emotions,
2 information
knowledge and
economy consultants cognitive styles
skills?
come into play?
Searchers
What is the context
What is the
e.g. subject
relationship of IL Why are people
People
What is IL? domain?
Knowledge with… searching?
Concepts
Management?
How complex are
Searching
Other literacies? the searches?
tasks
Information
Information literacy
behaviour What is happening
What is, or should be, in the search?
What is being
Formal e.g. search terms
searched?
researched?
Different subjects How do the systems used
What approaches to
Different levels support search?
Different cultures
Time!
learning & teaching? Publicising &
Different learners
Different teachers
Information publishing
What are some of
Informal
Different channels
the challenges?
Literacy
Funding! ?
Doing good
Impact,
Research ?
research
outcomes? ?
Economy
Map
Work
Life Learning
Where is IL being
researched?
Why are people doing
Transitions
research?
Cross cultural
For fun…
How can we learn studies?
about research in
Impact
To demonstrate… other countries
All over the world!
e.g. here?
Value
To improve…
People’s lives
What do legal information professionals think are
To understand… Workplace
the top IL research priorities?
efficiency How much time do legal workers spend searching
5
5
Services
Results of a Delphi Study
Other people for legal information? carried out by James
O’Brien and Christopher
How much money could professional IL training
4
5 Rhodes, Spring 2007
save legal firms by improving workers legal info
Their own
Other disciplines
searching skills and therefore saving time?
Why do trainee solicitors find it hard to transfer legal
careers! 5 Highest priority
4
5 research and information literacy skills from the LPC
course into practice within their firm?
4 High priority
Other cultures
What are effective information literacy training
4 5 High level of
methods in the legal workplace? 5 agreement that
Learning Are the skills of legal practitioners transferable to
is important
4 5 new IL problems involved with database/web
Understanding & searching? Moderate
4
agreement on
To what extent does IL enhance productivity in the
4 5
empathy importance
legal workplace?
Sheila Webber, with Sheila Corrall & IL Research classes 2006&7
Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield
University of Sheffield, Department of Information Studies, June 2007