Information Literacy in higher education: a meeting point for effective content and tools

Moroni, Ilaria Information Literacy in higher education: a meeting point for effective content and tools., 2013 . In Digital publishing: developments and challenges facing academic publishers, libraries and the Casalini Torrossa platform, Fiesole (Italy), 29-30 May 2013. (Unpublished) [Presentation]

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English abstract

Given the focus on Information Literacy in an academic context, this contribution to the “Torrossa Retreat 2013” examines the Torrossa platform as a tool for bibliographical research. First, we will consider the educational objectives and methods that should be taken into account when organizing training activities in order to develop information skills, according to international guidelines and standards for Information Literacy. Secondly, using the example of an Italian University Library (Milano-Bicocca), we will observe various Information Literacy-based activities both online and on-site. We will outline indications of efficiency and effectiveness and review data gathered from a Customer Satisfaction survey. We will then put forward a useful model to guide users through the search process, and provide examples of preparatory activities necessary prior to the use of search tools, from subject analysis to the determination of search strategies. Finally, we will look at the various search functions offered by the Torrossa platform and offer a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis, demonstrating the following aspects: the utility of the resource as a search tool for the Humanities and Social Sciences, the importance of continual content development and enrichment, the need for further promotion of the resource and for greater user training.

Italian abstract

Il contributo al “Torrossa Retreat 2013” è focalizzato sull’Information Literacy nel contesto accademico e di conseguenza esamina la piattaforma Torrossa come uno strumento di ricerca bibliografica. Prima di tutto si ricordano gli obiettivi e le modalità formative che si dovrebbero tenere presenti quando si organizzano attività volte a sviluppare competenze informative, richiamando le linee guida e gli standard internazionali sull’Information Literacy. In secondo luogo, facendo riferimento ad una biblioteca universitaria italiana (Milano-Bicocca), si forniscono esempi di attività di Information Literacy in presenza e a distanza, si illustrano alcuni indicatori di efficienza ed efficacia e si riportano alcuni dati emersi da un’indagine di Customer Satisfaction. Poi si presenta un modello utile per accompagnare gli utenti nel processo di ricerca e si fornisce un esempio per le attività preliminari all’interrogazione degli strumenti, dalla focalizzazione dell’argomento all’individuazione delle strategie di ricerca. Infine si mostrano diverse funzioni di ricerca della piattaforma Torrossa e si presenta un’analisi SWOT (Strenghts, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats), da cui emergono diversi aspetti: l’utilità dello strumento per fare ricerca nell’ambito delle scienze sociali e umane, l’importanza di arricchire i contenuti (ebook, ejournal), la necessità di promuovere maggiormente lo strumento e di incrementare le attività di formazione degli utenti.

Item type:	Presentation
Keywords:	Information Literacy, reference, user training, users, academic libraries, case studies, bibliographic research, search tools, ebook and ejournal portals, Formazione degli utenti, Biblioteche universitarie, Studi di caso, Ricerca bibliografica, Strumenti di ricerca, Portale di ebook e ejournal, Promozione
Subjects:	A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information. > AB. Information theory and library theory. B. Information use and sociology of information > BI. User interfaces, usability. C. Users, literacy and reading. > CD. User training, promotion, activities, education. C. Users, literacy and reading. > CE. Literacy. D. Libraries as physical collections. > DD. Academic libraries. F. Management. > FB. Marketing. H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HP. e-resources. H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HR. Portals.
Depositing user:	ilaria moroni
Date deposited:	17 Jun 2013 07:30
Last modified:	02 Oct 2014 12:26
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/19470

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