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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.
24 – 33