This document discusses a case study from the University of Limerick (UL) on developing digital literacy for students. It notes that students emphasized the need for ongoing support for themselves and staff to develop digital skills. The case study describes UL's digital skills program, which was refreshed in 2022 and is now called LevUL Up. It provides recommendations for libraries to take a lead on digital literacy, such as considering sectoral trends, team teaching on relevant topics and formats, and learning from other libraries' approaches.

1. TAKING A LEAD ON DIGITAL
LITERACY FOR STUDENTS; A
CASE STUDY FROM UL
Michelle Breen, Jesse Waters, Louise
O’Shea, Peter Reilly & Micheál O
hAodha

2. UNIVERSITIES ARE ABOUT
LEARNING NEW SKILLS
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3. ARE WE TEACHING THE RIGHT THINGS?

4. “When asked to describe what
their institution could do to
improve their experience of
digital, students emphasised the
need for ongoing support for
themselves and the staff who
teach them in developing digital
skills, knowledge and
confidence”
https://www.teachingandlearning.ie/in
dex/

5. WE A R E
LI VI NG
T H R OUG
H A
D I GI T A L
T SUN A MI
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6. THE FUTURE DOESN’T
JUST HAPPEN
Prof. Hannah Fry, UCL

7. HEALTH &
PERSONAL
Rodrigues, Joel & Segundo, Dante & Arantes Junqueira,
Heres & Sabino, Murilo & Prince, Rafael & Al-Muhtadi,
Jalal & Albuquerque, Victor. (2018). Enabling
Technologies for the Internet of Health Things. IEEE

8. PERHAPS LESS HEALTHY BUT
VERY PERSONAL

9. SOCIAL & LIFESTYLE

10. EDUCATION & LEARNING

11. THE FUTURE DOESN’T JUST HAPPEN

12. “NO ONE IS SAFE WHEN
HALF OF US ARE
DIGITALLY ILLITERATE”
FINTAN O’TOOLE, IRISH TIMES, 2021

13. UPSKILLING FOR FULL PARTICIPATION
IN A DIGITAL SOCIETY

14. 1. TEACH WHAT STUDENTS WANT
TO LEARN

15. 2. USE SUCCINCT MESSAGING ON
RELEVANT CHANNELS

16. 3. TWEAK, REFINE, ADJUST AND
HAVE ANOTHER GO

17. 4. MAKE ACADEMICS YOUR ADVOCATES

18. 5. USE MULTIPLE FORMATS

19. IN 2022 THE DIGITAL SKILLS PROGRAMME AT UL
HAD A REFRESH AND IS NOW CALLED LEVUL UP
WWW.UL.IE/CTL/SPRING-2022-WORKSHOPS

20. YOUR LIBRARY
CAN TAKE A
LEAD ON
DIGITAL
LITERACY.
TO GET
STARTED,
CONSIDER THE
FOLLOWING…
SECTORAL TRENDS, FUTURES
THINKING
TOPICS, TEAM TEACHING &
TIMING
LEARN FROM OTHERS, AND
LOOK AT WHAT OTHER
LIBRARIES ARE TEACHING,
HERE, IN THE UK AND US

21. Breen, M., Waters, J., O’Shea, L. (2022) Taking a Lead on
Digital Literacy for Students - A Case Study from the Library
at the University of Limerick, New Review of Academic
Librarianship,
DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2022.2039243

22. THANK YOU
MICHELLE.BREEN@UL.IE