1. International Workshop on
Information Literacy Policies: Methodological Aspects
Coordinator: Prof. Carla Basili, The National Research Council, Italy
The European network on Information Literacy (EnIL), co-ordinator
The EMPATIC project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
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Location: The National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece
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Workshop Chair: About EMPATIC
Prof. Carla Basili The EMPATIC (Empowering Autonomous Learning Through Information Competencies) project will create a
The National Research Council, Italy, framework for the effective exploitation of the results of the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) and related pro-
The European network on Information Literacy (EnIL), co-ordinator grammes relating to Information Literacy.
Session Chair: Carla Basili, National Research Council, Rome, Italy Its main aims are to:
Models of Information Literacy Policies in Higher Education • improve current perceptions among policy makers in Europe regarding the role, value and implementability of
Rapporteurs: Sabina Cisek – Maria Próchnicka, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland Information Literacy in learning
Selected methodological issues in creating the Information Literacy development strategies • pave the way for the extended piloting and eventual mainstreaming of information competencies in all levels
of education and their integration in the reform of curriculum frameworks.
Rapporteur: Armando Malheiro da Silva, Faculty of Humanities, University of Porto, Portugal The core objectives of the project are to:
Information Literacy in the European Higher Education Area: epistemological and theoretical aspects • draw together and valorise the results of previous Information Literacy initiatives and projects across the
school, university, adult and vocational learning sectors
Panel on Strategic and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Information Literacy Skills
Panelists: • use this evidence to influence policy makers’ perceptions and actions to support a marked increase in piloting
and mainstreaming of Information Literacy
Angela Repanovici: Transilvania University Brasov, Romania have a significant impact on validating new learning paradigms and strategic thinking on curriculum reform
Ane Landoy: Bergen University Library, Norway The main activities of the project have been structured into
Manolis Koukourakis: Crete University Library, Greece work packages as follows:
• Desk research
Scope & rationale: • Dissemination
Aim of the Workshop is to point out the strategic role of methodological approaches in Information Literacy Policy • Quality assurance and impact
• Strategic modelling
Analysis. Policy formulation and implementation is a complex process, deeply rooted in awareness of problems and
• Validation
prediction of impacts. The latter element constitutes the most fragile side of the process, since even the best model • Resource development
of prediction cannot cope against unexpected events. A vast amount of «policy theory» literature has been pro- • Exploitation strategy
duced, which proposes different models for predicting realistic system behaviours, without ever reaching a common • Project management
consensus. Alternatively, a major trend towards effective policy formulation is a pragmatic approach based on evi-
dence: policies are adopted on the basis of «what works» rather than ideology or intuition. Despite its more prag- EMPATIC Partners
matic positioning with respect to policy theories, the evidence–based approach privileges 1. MDR Partners www.mdrpartners.com
data and data structures, which are analysed through a systematic process of enquiry. The 2. CERIS Istituto di Ricerca sull'Impresa e lo Sviluppo
methodological dimension is evidently crucial in this approach, as a way to perform policy www.ceris.cnr.it/
analysis by applying scientific criteria.
3. Jagiellonian University, Institute of Information and Library
Science www.uj.edu.pl/
Contact: Workshop Chair: Prof. Carla Basili
Email: c.basili@ceris.cnr.it 4. TUC Technical University of Crete en.tuc.gr/
5. The Turkish Librarians Association www.kutuphaneci.org.tr/
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