Presentation on information literacy by Julie Brittain (IDS, UK) and Shamprasad Pujar (IGIDR, India) at the 3rd I-K-Mediary workshop in November 2009.

1. Information Literacy in the Development Paradigm Shamprasad Pujar and Julie Brittain IGIDR and BLDS

3. Question for discussion: What do participants understand by the term ‘information literacy’? (5 minutes in groups then report back)

4. What is information literacy? Has traditionally been used in Higher Education environments to describe the skills associated with searching for, finding, and using information (i.e. students information skills) More recently this has tended to focus on Internet searching skills

5. Information Literacy: “ The ability (skills) to identify, locate, evaluate, organize and effectively create, use and communicate information from a variety of sources to address an issue or a problem” [Wijetunge and Alahakoon, 2005] “ Knowing when and why you need information, where to find it, and how to evaluate, use and communicate it in an ethical manner” (CILIP, 2007)

7. Seven Pillars model of SCONUL? Though there have been many models and frameworks, one of the most used models is that of the 7 SCONUL Pillars. Basic: Knowing how to locate and access information Challenging: Knowing how to understand and use information Role for information Intermediaries

9. Key problem: Access is not enough!

13. Questions: What is your experience of information literacy/capability initiatives? Do you run any information literacy training in your organisation? (20 min discussion and report back)

17. Questions/Discussion (open or closed?) Do you have any questions for us? Would you be interested in becoming involved with either of these collaborative opportunities? Do you know of other partners that we could work with in your country?

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