Identifying and facilitating a community of practice in IL - McCluskey Dean

1. The document outlines a research project at York St John University that aims to explore understandings of information literacy across different academic subjects and establish if emerging forms of information literacy are present. 2. The research objectives are to examine how academics experience and evaluate information literacy in their teaching and identify common ground already in curriculums. 3. The research also looks to implement and evaluate a platform for information literacy dialogue among staff to promote collaborative provision and improve practice.

Education

www.yorksj.ac.uk
Identifying and facilitating a
community of practice in
information literacy
Clare McCluskey Dean
@claremcdean
DInfSc project via Robert Gordon University
Supervisor: Dr Konstantina Martzoukou

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The project

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Research objectives
1. To explore the terminology, meanings
and values assigned to information
literacy in different academic subject
areas in year 1 (level 4) of
undergraduate programmes at York St
John University

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Research objectives
2. To establish whether there is already
evidence of the emerging forms of
information literacy (social construction
of information literacy (Lloyd 2010) and
critical information literacy (Elmborg
2012)) in the practice of academics at
York St John University, or if the
foundations for their growth can be
established.

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Research objectives
3. To examine how academics experience
and evaluate information literacy in their
teaching practices and to ascertain
whether there is common ground in
information literacy provision already
embedded in the curriculum in these
programmes. i.e. the basis for a
community of practice.

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Research objectives
4. To implement and evaluate a platform for
information literacy dialogue amongst
staff at YSJ
a. to promote the evolution of collaborative
information literacy provision in line with emerging
theories,
b. to improve the researcher’s own practice.

Information literacy: skills, landscapes and critiques
Rocky Mountains Landscape. Copyright Clare Dean.

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The literature
• Information literacy as a contested
concept
• Critical research skills described in
professional literature
• Theory of Communities of Practice
• Concepts of social learning and learning
communities in education

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Methodology
Pragmatic
approach
Action research
Case study
Mixed methods:
exploratory
sequential

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Data collection
• Pilot phase
• Interviews
• Survey
• Other feedback

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Results
• Common practice in traditional info lit
• Some evidence of emerging info lit
• Difference between academic schools
• Basis for Community of Practice

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The community of practice

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The community of practice
• What next?
• Do you have anything similar in your
workplace?
• Can you see value in sharing experiences
and resources?

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References
ELMBORG, J., 2012. Critical information literacy:
Definitions and challenges. In: C. WETZEL
WILKINSON and C. BRUCH eds., Transforming
Information Literacy Programs: Intersecting Frontiers
of Self, Library Culture, and Campus
Community Chicago: Association of College and
Research Libraries, pp. 75-95.
LLOYD, A., 2010. Information literacy landscapes :
information literacy in education, workplace and
everyday contexts. Oxford: Chandos.
WENGER, E., 1998. Communities of practice :
learning, meaning, and identity. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.

Clare McCluskey Dean
Academic Liaison Librarian
York St John University
Email: c.mccluskey-
dean@yorksj.ac.uk
Telephone: 01904 876324
Twitter: @claremcdean
Dr Konstantina
Martzoukou
Teaching Excellence Fellow
Robert Gordon University
Email: k.martzoukou@rgu.ac.uk
Telephone: 01224 263838
Twitter: @dinamartz

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