Information literacy in the workplace
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Presentation on the preliminary results of a survey on information literacy in the workplace accompanying handout can be found here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/32952807/Information-Literacy-in-the-Workplace
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Information literacy in the workplace
- 1. #infolitwork or #SLA2010 Twitter Hashtag
- 2. Information literacy in the workplace
- 3. “ Many businesses are knowledge driven. Even entry level employees have to know how to identify information problems and go about solving them” ~ unidentified employer 2000.Topsey Smalley, Workplace Quotes www.cabrillo.edu/~tsmalley/WorkplaceQuotes.html
- 7. Modifying the survey.. CSU Campuses Changed British to US English Added additional questions based upon the 21 century initiatives ALL 4 year universities
- 8. Implementing the survey Snapshot Not enough surveys completed to be a sound scientific indicator of results More Collaboration Social Media was used to distribute survey- I would not do this again!
- 12. The Respondents 30.4% Males 69.6% Females Gender Age 64 % 21-30 years old Majors Graphic Design English Communication Studies Psychology Library Science Sociology Nursing Liberal studies Music
- 14. Information Literacy self assessment of skills 20% poor 43% average searchers Before College After College 0 % said they were poor searchers Skills learned in college Finding relevant information, critical thinking, writing, determining information need, problem solving, social responsibility, ethical use of information and creativity 10% poor average 46% good
Editor's Notes
- Image: flourish by http://www.flickr.com/photos/missyv110/ Expecting room seats 93 people
- Chopsticks by http://www.flickr.com/photos/26562088@N07/ I like to think of information literacy in the workplace and in the context of lifelong learning as being wrapped in the context of information seeking- the way our students search for information is of course the way they will search for information in any situation. Second aspect of information literacy in the workplace is the relationship to the concept of a “learning organization” as well as the importance of knowledge management in the corporate sector. Also evidence based practice and importance of research skills in certain professions. No one will die if I don’t give them the perfect citation however, someone could if you have flawed research in engineering or the medical field or even legal research. Information seeking MATTERS.
- Stand out and be heard by http://www.flickr.com/photos/carpeicthus/ Saw Dr John Crawford present on the use of IL skills in primary grades. He briefly mentioned a study he had conducted of his students and alumni and information literacy in the workplace as part of Scottish Information Literacy Project- I was intrigued and decided to replicate his study in the USA
- Stand out and be heard by http://www.flickr.com/photos/carpeicthus/ Student IL skills improved as a result of attending university 90% identified IL as important for work
- August 13 day 280 by http://www.flickr.com/photos/lutman123/ Changed British terminology to US english Added additional questions based upon the 21 century initiatives Selected a larger population Initially CSU campuses 5 with IL req and 5 without Moved to ALL CSU campuses Expanded it to any 4 year university
- This is just a baseline data collection Not enough surveys completed to be a sound scientific indicator of results Would like to use funding and collaboration with campus administration to collect more data- large employers of graduates Social Media was used to distribute survey- I would not do this again
- 30% of respondents in second survey were librarians (not sure of the completed) in first survey 6% of respondents were librarians. No significant difference in the responses other than the self assessment of IL skills. Will need to perform additional analysis without librarian surveys to determine if there is additional impact on survey results.
- 8/28/2008 ‹ #› 8/28/2008 ‹ #› 8/28/2008 ‹ #› 8/28/2008 ‹ #› 25 28% were faculty
- 8/28/2008 ‹ #› 8/28/2008 ‹ #› 8/28/2008 ‹ #› 8/28/2008 ‹ #› 25 28% were faculty
- 8/28/2008 ‹ #› 8/28/2008 ‹ #› 8/28/2008 ‹ #› 8/28/2008 ‹ #› 25 28% were faculty
- 71% of respondents 21-40 (46% under 30) 64% female Professions: nurse, management, teacher, unemployed, occupational therapist Tiff: management, librarians, teachers, students, counselors (nurses and unemployed had 5 each) EIS essential for college study? Crawford 26% Tiff 54% Essential for work? Crawford 49% Tiff 54% Crawford 80% IL important for job skills Tiff 53%