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20 September 2006

INFORMATION LITERACY AND LIFE LONG LEARNING: IDENTIFYING AND MEETING NEEDS IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT MEETING CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL LIBRARY SHANGHAI, 19-22 SEPTEMBER 2006.

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20 September 2006

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  1. INFORMATION LITERACY AND LIFE LONG LEARNING: IDENTIFYING AND MEETING NEEDS IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT MEETING CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL LIBRARY SHANGHAI, 19-22 SEPTEMBER 2006 Explore, Enrich, Excel! Engaging our business school students in information literacy programmes: NTU Library's collaborative model Presented by: AKBAR HAKIM HAJI HARUN Head, Business Collection & Services Consultant Instructional Librarian Nanyang Technological University Libraryakbar@ntu.edu.sg 20 September 2006

  2. Vision and Mission

  3. Tools Information LiteracyProgramme Model Resources Programmes

  4. Instructional Programmes Num of progs Num of progs TOTAL ARSLR TOTAL Target group LO – Library Orientation ISSW – Information Searching Skills Workshop RSW – Resource Specific Workshop DLRW – Doing Library Research Workshop ARSLR – Advanced Research Seminar (Literature Review) ST – Subject Tutorial Key to programme type

  5. Primary Objectives • To track the acquisition, development and application of information literacy skills and competencies of students from the point of their entry into the university and subsequently, upon their graduation and entry into the economic workforce • To empower students with the necessary information seeking skills to EXPLORE, find and exploit information that they need for their study, research and work • To equip students with an added intellectual skill for lifelong employability • To ENRICH the lifelong learning experiences of students • To support and encourage students to EXCEL in their research and scholarship

  6. Learning Outcomes • Understand the PROCESS of information literacy and effective information use • Be familiar with the RANGE of information sources and their characteristics and use • Understand the use and VALUE of information and information resources in the context of their subject discipline and society at large • Be able to source and SEARCH for information using the right techniques and tools, and EVALUATE and ORGANISE the information suitably for presentation and use • Make good USE of NTU Library and its systems, as well as other libraries, and the internet

  7. The Programmes Model Information Searching Skills Workshop Subject Tutorial 1st and 2nd year undergraduates Advanced Research Seminar (Literature Review) Final year undergraduates Resource Specific Workshop Postgraduates Instructors Administrative Support E-Learning Platform Doing Library Research Workshop Enablers Nanyang Business School Library Instructional Services Division Business Librarians Centre for Educational Development - edveNTUre

  8. Implementation Implementation schedule of the information literacy programme for a 3-year business degree programme in NTU

  9. Librarians – TEACH • i. Business librarians • ii. Instructional librarians • Competencies & knowledge • Advocacy • Library Management - LEAD • Clear goals & direction • Support • Advocacy Enablers • Collaborative Partners – SUPPORT • Nanyang Business School • Dean’s Office • Academic Divisions • Programmes/Research/ • Administrative Offices • Library Instructional Services Division • Centre for Educational Development • Advocacy • Support 4. Technology – CONNECT Infrastructure Network Learning tools and platform

  10. Issues for the Immediate Future Changing Educational Landscape Diversified Students’ Learning Styles Matching Programme Type and Delivery Mode to Students’ Profiles Learning Tools – Leveraging on Technology Students’ Assessment

  11. Major Challenges A challenge to motivate and ensure that business librarians continually advance their knowledge in information literacy, scholarly communication process and pedagogical developments A challenge to ensure that all library programmes offered are of quality and meet standards set and benchmarked A challenge to convince faculty and students of the importance and need for information literacy programmes to be integrated into their course works and curricula

  12. Conclusion VISIBILITY The library has positioned itself visibly in the business school’s overall value chain with footholds to support academic and research programmes via collaborative and cooperative relationships with the school’s academic divisions and administrative offices REACH The library is expanding the reach of its information literacy programmes to all courses offered in the business school, having now a working model that can be translated and implemented into the learning and research environment of these courses EMBED In striving towards an information literate university, the mission to achieve is to explicitly embed the library’s innovative information literacy programmes and activities into the curricula of all undergraduate and graduate programmes in the business school

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