EMPATIC Final Conference European Meeting on Media and Information Literacy Education (EMMILE) Milan 27-­‐29 February 2012

1.
EMPATIC
Final
Conference
European
Meeting
on
Media
and
Information
Literacy
Education
(EMMILE)
27-­‐29
February
2012
This
project
has
been
funded
with
support
from
the
European
Commission

2. EMPATIC
Final
Conference
European
Meeting
on
Media
and
Information
Literacy
Education
(EMMILE)
27
–
29
February
2012
Brief
report
1.
Background
Following
the
political
unrest
and
uncertainty
in
Greece,
the
PMB
took
a
unanimous
decision
to
look
for
a
new
host
country
for
the
EMPATIC
Final
Conference.
Using
the
stakeholders
database,
two
possibilities
emerged:
an
international
conference
Literacy
and
Society,
Culture,
Media,
&
Education
being
hosted
by
Ghent
University
and
an
event
entitled
European
Meeting
on
Media
and
Information
Literacy
Education,
an
idea
and
proposed
joint
initiative
on
a
number
of
European
bodies
but
at
the
time
had
not
focussed
directly
on
preparing
a
programme.
EMPATIC
was
able
to
bring
substance
to
both
organisers
at
the
same
time
as
opening
both
events
to
EMPATIC
stakeholders.
2.
Management
and
Organisation
The
organisation
of
EMMILE
became
a
multipartnership,
including
(in
alphabetical
order):
L'AIB
è
l'associazione
professionale
dei
bibliotecari
italiani,
EMPATIC,
Goethe-­‐Institut
Mailand,
iASL
(International
association
of
School
Libraries),
IFLA
(International
Federation
of
Library
Associations),
IFLA
Information
Literacy
(IL)
Section,
IFLA
SL
(School
Library),
Network
of
Collaboration
Between
Europe
&
Latin
American-­‐Caribbean
countries
(NeCoBELAC),
Regione
Lombardia,
Ufficio
scolastico
per
la
Lombardia
and
UNESCO.
3.
Programme
A
copy
of
the
full
programme
is
attached
at
Appendix
1.
In
brief,
was
a
joint
three
day
meeting
that,
through
a
set
of
joint
initiatives,
aimed
at
exploring
theory,
practice
and
policy
in
Media
and
Information
Literacy
Education
in
different
contexts
The
final
day
of
the
programme
(Wednesday
29
February)
was
devoted
to
discussing
and
finalizing
EMPATIC
recommendations.
4.
Participants
Wide
publicity
through
the
EMPATIC
database
was
undertaken
to
try
to
ensure
a
fully
represented
participation.
A
list
of
attendees
is
attached
at
Appendix
2.
A
total
of
156
people
registered
for
the
conference,
of
whom125
signed
in
and
participated
(31
name
badges
were
not
collected).
5.
Conclusions
From
the
point
of
view
of
EMPATIC
the
conference
was
highly
successful.
Each
sector
of
EMPATIC
was
represented
and
discussion
on
all
days
was
extremely
lively
and
participatory.
Participants
were
especially
interested
in
the
aim
of
EMPATIC
and
articulated
a
wish
to
be
kept
informed
of
developments
and
also
to
form
new
partnerships.
Each
of
the
sector
and
general
recommendations
were
presented,
discussed
and
finalized.
The
results
are
available
on
the
EMPATIC
website
at
http://empat-­‐ic.eu/eng/Findings-­‐Recommendations

3. APPENDIX 1
EMPATIC Final Conference
European Meeting on Media and Information Literacy Education (EMMILE)
incorporating “IASL Regional Meeting – Europe”, “IFLA SLRC Section Midterm Meeting”, “IASL-
IFLA Joint Steering Committee Meeting” and EMPATIC Final Conference
Milan, 27 – 29 February 2012
PROGRAMME
(Versione italiana qui)
Feb. 27, 2012
“Raising the 21st Century Citizen”
8.00 Registration, conference material and welcome coffee
9.30 Welcome: Regione Lombardia – Greetings: Stefano Parise (Presidente AIB), Ulrich Braeß
(Direttore Goethe-Institut Mailand), Randi Lundvall (IFLA SLRC Chair), Giuseppe Colosio
(Direttore Ufficio Scolastico Regionale per la Lombardia), Gianni Puglisi (Presidente UNESCO-
CNI)
10.00 Introduction EMMILE in Libraries (and beyond) Luisa Marquardt (Università “Roma Tre”,
Roma, Italy - Director Europe for IASL)
10.15 (Digital) Citizenship and Libraries in Europe Aldo Pirola (Direttore Settore Biblioteche.
Comune di Milano / Eblida Executive Committee)
10.45 Information Literacy: Global Trends Albert Boekhorst (IFLA IL Section, Brazil)
11.15 Challenges of Educational Reform in Germany and the Potential Role of Information Literacy
Alexander Botte (German Institute for International Educational Research, Frankfurt am Main,
Germany)
11.45 Media and Information Literacy (MIL) as a composite concept:
• The UNESCO model MIL curriculum for school teachers Alton Grizzle (UNESCO, Paris)
• UNESCO MIL Indicators Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg (UNESCO, Paris)
12.45 Discussion
13.00 Buffet Lunch
14.00 Panel on Information Literacy* development and training in educational contexts:
creating knowledgeable and critical 21st century citizens
Introduction and Coordination: Lourense Das
*IL is here a generic term for teaching and learning how to search, locate, use and evaluate
information through multiple media
Panellists: Sirje Virkus (Tallinn University, Estonia), Mihaela Banek Zorica (Zadar University,
Croatia), Dianne Oberg (Alberta University, Canada), Vincent Liquête (Universitè “Montesquieu”,

4. Bordeaux, France), Albert Boekhorst (IFLA IL), Maria Xanthoudaki (“Leonardo da Vinci” Science
Museum, Milan, Italy)
16.15 IASL Regional Meeting: Europe
Coordination: Luisa Marquardt (Director Europe for IASL)
17.15 Discussion and closing remarks
***********
Feb. 28, 2012
8.30 Welcome Coffee
“Information Literacy: a Bridge between School and University in a Lifelong Learning
Perspective”
9.30 Session Introduction and Coordination:
Information Literacy: Another Opportunity taken away from Libraries? Carla Basili (Ceris/Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche – CNR, Italy/EMPATIC HE Sector)
9.45 “Yes, we can” – five libraries working together for the target group pupils Naoka Werr
(Universitätsbibliothek Regensubrg, Germany)
10.15 Linking School and University through Information Literacy Education Laura Ballestra
(LIUC, Castellanza, Varese, Italy – IFLA IL Section)
10.45 Transliteracy and the evolution of the French “professeur-documentaliste” Anne Lehmans
(Universitè Montesquieu, IUFM, Bordeaux, France)
11.15 School Librarians’ Education and Training in Bozen for new literacies Patrizia Caleffi-
Liebner (Province of Bozen, Bozen, Italy)
11.45 New competencies for the teacher-librarian Barbara Schultz-Jones (College of Information,
University of North Texas, USA)
12.15 Information Literacy Education: School and Public Libraries Collaboration Maria José
Vitorino (Portugal)
12.45 Discussion
13.00 Buffet Lunch
MIL-Lab: Laboratory on Media and Information Literacy through Poster Discussion
This interactive session aims at presenting the posters submitted to EMMILE in order to stimulate
debate, reflections and critical evaluation in view of future collaboration.
14.00 Poster Session Introduction and Coordination: Paola De Castro (Istituto Superiore di Sanità –
ISS, Italy)
14.15 Poster Presentations

5. 16.45 Discussion and closing remarks
**********
Feb. 29, 2012
“Media and Information Literacy Education in Different Contexts and Sectors”
8.30 Welcome Coffee
9.30 Session Introduction and Coordination: Monika Krakowska (EMPATIC)
9.45 Information Literacy as aTransversal Competency Serap Kurbanoglu (Turkey)
10.30 Strategies to produce and disseminate information in public health. The experience of the
NECOBELAC project in Europe and Latin America Paola De Castro - Daniela Marsili (Istituto
Superiore di Sanità, Italy)
11.00 Information literacy in differente sectors: a view from Russia Natalia Gendina (Kemerovo State
University, Russia / IFLA IL Section)
11.30 EMPATIC: putting the needs of learners first in Information LiteracyRob Davies (MDR)
12.15 Presentation of Workshop Sessions and Formation of Break-out Groups Carol Priestley
(EMPATIC)
12.30 Discussion
13.00-14.00 Buffet Lunch
MIL experiences & policy: workshop validating the final recommendations of the
EMPATIC Project
14.00 Break out groups to:
- discuss the results and recommendations for each sector, and further
- develop recommendations from each sector
EMPATIC docs for each sector are available for public consultation here or under each specific
entry (sector), as follows.
- School Sector – Facilitator: Dr. Monika Krakowska (EMPATIC/Institute of Information and
Library Science, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland). See docs:
• EMPATIC_IL_Schools Sector-one pager
• EMPATIC_IL_Schools Sector-recommendations
• Please, post your comments here: http://emmile.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/empatic-school-
sector/ or mail them to info@empat-ic.eu.
- Higher Education – Facilitator: Carla Basili (EMPATIC HE Sector/Ceris/Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche – CNR, Italy)
• EMPATIC_IL_Higher Education-one pager
• EMPATIC_IL_Higher Education Sector-recommendations
• Please, post your comments here: http://emmile.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/empatic-higher-
education/or mail them to info@empat-ic.eu.

6. - Adult Education /Lifelong Learning - Facilitators: Anthi Katsirikou
(EMPATIC/University of Piraeus, Greece), Aris Meletiou and Christos
Skiadas (EMPATIC/Technical University of Crete, Greece)
• EMPATIC_IL_Adult Education Sector_one pager
• EMPATIC_IL_Adult Education Sector-recommendations
• Please, post your comments here: http://emmile.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/empatic-adult-
education-lifelong-learning/ or mail them to info@empat-ic.eu.
- Vocational Education & Training - Facilitator: Bulent Yilmaz (EMPATIC/Turkish
Librarians’ Association, Turkey). See docs:
• EMPATIC_IL_VET one pager
• EMPATIC_IL_VET Sector-recommendations
• Please, post your comments here: http://emmile.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/empatic-vet-
sector/ or mail them to info@empat-ic.eu.
16.3 Feedback from each Group and Refinement of Final Recommendations chaired by Monika
Krakowska
17.00 EMMILE Poster Award
17.15 Closing remarks

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under the Lifelong Learning Programme
This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be
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