An online survey sent to the community of professional librarians in United States who provide information literacy instruction academic libraries provided insights into their practices and challenges they face. Data include current pedagogical methods, client groups focus, assessment evaluation, marketing, instructional objectives, incorporating new Framework for Information Literacy Higher Education instruction, role technology importance relationships with faculty administrators, a range...

This study investigates the merits of employing active learning strategies in delivery information literacy instruction (ILI). Traditional approaches to teaching skills – where students are passive recipients

Abstract This paper reports results from an exploratory study investigating the factors affecting student learning outcomes of information literacy instruction (ILI) given at business schools. Specifically, potential influence demographics, environment factors, and program components on behavioral, psychological, benefit were examined. In total, 79 interviews with library administrators, librarians, teaching faculty, students conducted three schools varying ILI emphases characteristics....

This article explores the experiences of older adults attending digital literacy training sessions offered by public library system in one city Ontario. Semi-structured interviews with 12 (age 60+) demonstrated significance societal and internalized ageism shaping participants, as well construction a “safe space” for experimentation. Implications participants future are discussed, particular attention to asset-based approaches, need skill development, addressing effects on...

Abstract An exploratory study investigated the factors affecting digital literacy training offered by local community organizations, such as public libraries. Theory based on educational assessment and information instruction literatures, informatics, situated learning theory served a lens of investigation. Case studies two libraries five other organizations were carried out. Data collection comprised: one‐on‐one interviews with administrators, instructors, members who received training;...

Nearly 400 Canadian adolescents were surveyed about their information seeking for career decision making. A written questionnaire gathered data on degree of helpfulness various sources and the ways in which these have helped asked some barriers to faced by adolescents. Thirty semistructured interviews with participants drawn from same sample decision-making information-search processes, concerns they face accessing helpful This article focuses related specifically participants, revealing...

Nearly 400 Canadian adolescents were surveyed about their information seeking for career decision making. A written questionnaire gathered data on degree of helpfulness various sources and the ways in which these have helped asked some barriers to faced by adolescents. Thirty semistructured interviews with participants drawn from same sample decision-making information-search processes, concerns they face accessing helpful This article focuses related specifically participants, revealing...

Purpose Library staff are experiencing increased work role complexity as they move from being service providers towards greater instructional roles, providing bibliographic instruction, user education, and information literacy instruction. The purpose of this paper is to explore how library relate their roles the implications those self‐understandings for outcomes. Design/methodology/approach Data collected qualitative interviews with in Canadian academic public libraries diary entries...

A national survey of information literacy instruction in Canadian academic libraries revealed that trends teaching objectives, methods, and content have changed little the past five years. Instructional librarians continue to face numerous challenges, particularly with regard limited resources faculty student attitudes. Although more than half believe they are meeting their instructional only a minority actually record objectives formally evaluation success remains mostly informal. Findings...

Information literacy instruction is a core activity in academic libraries, and an increasingly important focus public libraries. To explore the degree to which professional librarians are trained for this work, curricula at ninety-three schools of library information science around world were examined using content analysis schools' Web pages. A majority appear offer no course instruction. In existing courses, range topics was included: instructional strategies (pedagogy), program planning...