Philosophy of information literacy: To read, view, listen or interact in using information

PS. image courtesy: Brenau Trustee Library

Miriam (Mimi) Sue Dudley, 1983:
"Library instruction, bibliographic instruction and user education are all reference services. The concept of reference as an assistance to users of libraries first appeared in Library Journal in 1891. In 1870's personal assistance to the reader was made available, in 1877 the access to the resources themselves was restricted to the research. In 1884 Dewey introduced the first reference department at Columbia University. In the last quarter of the 20th century library instruction was formalized as a separate function. establishing a separate unit within ALA.
The philosophy of bibliographic instruction asks the questions: why, when, where and who of library instructions. The answer: When? Now, Always, Anytime. Where? Anyplace. Every Place. Who? Your users and your colleagues. Why? Because you are a librarian." (p.63) [source] (probably the complete citation is :  Mimi Dudley, "A Philosophy of Library Instruction", Research Strategies, 1:2 (Spring 1983), 63.)

Readings:

• Philosophy of Information Literacy Education
• Philosophy of Information Literacy
• The Information Literacy Land of Confusion
• Bibliographic Instruction in Public Libraries: A Question of Philosophy
• Philosophy of User Education   Girja Kumar  
• Cook,JHA & Timmis,SE Towards a theory of student motivation in virtual learning, ALT-C 2002, p83 -92, Association of Learning Technology, 2002  in University of Bristol | Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT) | Publications
• My philosophy of information literacy 
• Information Literacy and Communication: A Theoretical Approach to an Interdisciplinary Issue 
• A new direction for library and information science: the communication aspect of information literacy
• CRITICAL INFORMATION LITERACY IN PRACTICE: AN INTERPRETIVE SYNTHESIS
• Standish Library Philosophy of Information Literacy 
  
• Information Literacy Theory : An overview of resources and models:

  People absorb information in different ways - for example you may prefer to read instructions, whilst other people may prefer to listen to a podcast and others would want to watch a visual demonstration. It's also important to consider different cultural backgrounds - for example students from some backgrounds may feel it is disrespectful to interrupt the trainer by asking questions. Other students may come from backgrounds where they are expected to quote large chunks of text verbatim, rather than to synthesize and analyze a range of different academic arguments. IL practitioners have to be aware of all these different variations of learning styles.

  Different theories underpin teaching methods, and an IL practitioner needs to be aware of these and how they can help delivery of workshops and the practitioners own understanding of student behaviours

  • Behaviourist theory
  • Cognitivist theory
  • Poblem based/ Inquiry based Learning (IBL)
  • Student Centered
  • Collaborative learning
  • Experiental Learning
  • Constructivist Theory
  • Deep vs Surface learning

  There are several models of Information Literacy (IL) some of the most well known are:

  SCONUL Seven Pillars

  CILIP Definition

  American Library Association (ALA) Information Literacy Standards

  ACRL Competency standards ACRL is the Association of College and Research Libraries division of the ALA

  Australian and New Zealand Information Literacy Framework(ANZILL)

  Six Frames for Information Literacy Education

Single mom faces jail time after son laughs in library

By Jordan Chittley | Daily Buzz

Libraries are generally thought of as quiet places and one U.S. library security guard and staffer take that very seriously.

Donnetta Foster, a 20-year-old single mother, is preparing for her jury trial next week because her young son made a laughing noise while in an Atlanta-area library in October of last year
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Library Lovers Day

That's a creative visualization of The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and their associates:

Library Lovers Day - An ALIA, PLA initiative. February 14th, 2008.

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For centuries February 14 has been known as Valentine's Day, a time beloved of romantics. Now a new era has begun with Library Lovers everywhere claiming the day for the objects of their special affection - Australia's libraries.
People are devoted to their library and not just on one day of the year. Millions of library lovers across Australia must be right!

Promote your collections - use lines like "go to bed with a book", or "share a book with someone you love". It's also a great opportunity to showcase your romance, relationship enhancement or true love (ie biography) titles.

Tempt users to have a blind date with a book and venture outside their comfort zone! Wrap it in brown paper (tied up with string!) and encourage them to take one home as an "extra". To make it easier write the barcode on the outside of the package.

Much more from the http://www.librarylovers.org.au/

• This is cited in Book Patrol: A Haven for Book Culture; and Infobib
  Interessantes aus Informations- und Bibliothekswesen

Excerpts from the "Really Modern Library" blog entry:

"The goal of this project is to shed light on the big questions about future accessibility and usability of analog culture in a digital, networked world."

"Our aim with the Really Modern Library project is not to build a physical or even a virtual library, but to stimulate new thinking about mass digitization and, through the generation of inspiring new designs, interfaces and conceptual models, to spur innovation in publishing, media, libraries, academia and the arts."

The blog entry also mentions "plans for a major international design competition calling for proposals, sketches, and prototypes for a hypothetical 'really modern library.' " The blog entry goes on to describe this competiton as follows:

"The call for entries will go out to as broad a community as possible, including designers, artists, programmers, hackers, librarians, archivists, activists, educators, students and creative amateurs. Our present intent is to raise a large sum of money to administer the competition and to have a pool for prizes that is sufficiently large and meaningful that it can compel significant attention from the sort of minds we want working on these problems."

For more info, go to: the really modern library

Info courtesy: Bernie Sloan.