Fagreferentkonferansen 2010 ble i år avholdt i Stavanger 31. mai - 2. juni i regi av Universitetsbiblioteket i Stavanger. Konferansen hadde tematisk spredd seg over "Fagreferentens roller", "Undervisning i biblioteket" og "E-bøker". Det var fagreferenter fra de norske høyere utdanningsinstitusjonene…

The paper is jointly written by an academic and librarian and discusses the value and impact of two examples of cross professional collaboration at Sheffield Hallam University. The collaborations addressed information and academic literacy skills development of 640 students across…

This paper describes experiences from a collaborative project between the nursing educators at the Institute of Nursing Science and the health sciences librarians at Vestfold University College in Norway. The aim of the project was to develop a teaching model…

The Six Frames for Informed Learning are designed to allow us to reflect on and analyze how we teach students to use information within our discipline-focused classroom. This workshop enables exploration of the different frames by working in groups to…

Assessment of students in the learning process may have several reasons (knowledge assessment, ranking etc.). One reason presented in this article would be to use the assessment as a way to enhance learning. At Stockholm University Library, PhD-students in Chemistry…

Our paper presents the collaborative process of integrating information literacy (IL) education into the curricula of the University of Tampere, Finland. This process occurred in the context of the latest University-wide education reform of 2010-2012. The paper discusses key factors…

This is an ongoing project sponsored by China Scholarship Council for one year from November 2012. The objective of this project is to draw on the successful experience of curricula system, teaching models, pedagogy, and the most effective way of…

This paper outlines the author’s intellectual journey towards a deeper understanding of the nature of information literacy and how IL learning can be supported. This work was stimulated by a consultancy in one UK university to recommend an appropriate IL…

In the higher education Information Literacy context, there is growing interest and requirements for evaluation of librarian teaching and assessment of student learning. This session will explore these issues and use WASSAIL as a sample tool to consider for these…

Diversity in higher education calls for process oriented information literacy (IL) practitioners rather than source oriented practitioners. They must be generalists because e.g. students with different backgrounds to a higher degree bring multi- and interdisciplinarity into the situation of creating…