Information literacy skills & new

students: perceptions,

practices & potential across the

University

Madeleine Rogerson

Librarian (p/t), Bamford Library

Harper Adams University

• Specialist agri-food chain and rural

sector

• 2,500 fte students plus …….

Starting points

• Internal policies, strategies, aspirations

• Entry requirements

• Employment statistics

• NSS

• Course structure and assessment

Key drivers

• Professional development

• Current provision / gaps in engagement

• Course structure

• Popularity of academic guidance sessions

• 2014/15 Library objectives: seeking new

opportunities for developing information

literacy skills

Structured conversations

• Director of Learning and Teaching

• Academic Guidance Tutors

• Careers and Employability

• E-Learning team

• IT Service Desk

Manager

Understanding of the term

“information literacy”

Key attributes of a Harper

Adams University

information literate

What / drives and supports

this?

Gaps / potential

Where next

• Learning Innovations Group

• Senior tutor / bite-size slots

• 1st, 2nd 4th year students

• New LMS / staff sessions

• Collaboration

• Turnitin

References

• Dubicki, E. (2013) Faculty perceptions of

students information literacy

competencies. Journal of information

literacy, 7 (2), pp. 97 - 125

• Probert, E. (2009) Information literacy

skills. Computers and education, 53, pp.

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