Presented at LILAC 2010

1. Jointly Arranged Information Literacy Course
Co-operation between Vaasa City Library –
Regional Library, Tritonia Academic Library and
Summer University of Vaasa

2. Vaasa
• bilingual town in
Western Finland
• 59.000 inhabitants
– Finnish-speaking
70 %
– Swedish-speaking
25 %
– other languages
5 %
• 13.000 university
students

3. Universities in Vaasa
• University of Vaasa (fin)
• Åbo Akademi
University (swe)
• Hanken School of
Economics (swe)
• VAMK University of
Applied Sciences (fin)
• Novia University of
Applied Sciences (swe)
• all five with Open
University activities

4. Vaasa City Library
– Regional Library
• a main library, ten
other libraries and a
library bus
• open to everyone
• offers knowledge,
support for studies, and
recreation
• offers access in Internet
and databases of the
library
• arranges events for
adults and children

5. Tritonia
• a joint academic library
and learning centre of
University of Vaasa, Åbo
Akademi University,
Hanken, VAMK, and Novia
• serves research, education
and studies at the
universities in Vaasa
• the learning centre,
EduTech, offers services in
virtual teaching and the use
of ICT
• open for everyone as a
public academic library

6. Summer University of Vaasa
• gives an opportunity for
both personal and
professional
development
• operates in
collaboration with
universities
• offers short-term
courses that are open
to everyone regardless
of age or prior
education

7. Summer University of Vaasa
• Offers
• Open University
• vocational
continuing
education
• preparatory courses
• Studia Generalia
lectures
• seminars on cultural
and regional issues
• university activities
for the third age

8. Information Literacy Training
at Vaasa City Library
• responsible for the
information literacy
training for
− infant schools
− comprehensive
schools
− vocational training
− senior citizens
− in general
• individual tutoring at
the service desk

9. Information Literacy Training
at Tritonia
• responsible for the
education in information
literacy that is a part of
the curricula of the
universities in Vaasa
• other courses on request
− for students and staff
at the universities in
Vaasa and
− for external clients
• individual tutoring at the
service desk or by
appointment

10. Jointly Arranged
Information Literacy Course
• a new summer
university course
• jointly planned by
Vaasa City Library,
Tritonia, and Summer
University of Vaasa
• will be piloted in August
2010
• combines the different
expertise of a city
library and an
academic library

11. Main Target Groups
• teachers of
comprehensive schools
and of vocational
education
• other educational staff
• university and open
university students in
need of extra training in
information retrieval
and in web-based
studies

12. Goals
• to include information
literacy in vocational
continuing education
• to reach different
persons that need
information literacy
skills
− in their work or
− in their future studies
• to give basic skills in
web-based learning

13. Goals
• to give examples on e-
resources that can be
used in teaching and
studying
• to encourage teachers
to teach information
literacy for their pupils
• to inspire participants
to further education

14. Educational Methods
• reflective process
learning
• blended learning
− workshops with
lectures
− web-based learning
• peer learning,
evaluation, and
feedback
• pair teaching

15. Contents
• information retrieval in
Internet
• search techniques
• information sources
− databases, search
engines, portals
− examples: kirjastot.fi,
suomi.fi, europa.eu
• evaluation and use of
information
• copyright questions

16. Implementation
• two workshops
– á 3 hours
– in a computer lab
– short lectures
– independent and
pair exercises
– enhanced
teacher
assistance – two
teachers present

17. Implementation
• Two web-based
learning periods
– á 7 days
– in Open Moodle
– online reading
materials
– information retrieval
quizzes
– study diaries
– individual reflections
– personal project
writings

18. Study Materials
• open access web
materials
• open access
databases
• for e. official
information
• can be used for
studying and teaching
outside university and
library premises
– no need for remote
access privileges

19. Information Sources
• Summer Universities in
Finland
www.kesayliopistot.fi/englis
h.htm
• Tritonia www.tritonia.fi
• Vaasa City Library –
Regional Library
www.vaasa.fi/Other_langua
ges/In_English/First_page/Li
brary
• Vaasa in Brief 2008
http://www.vaasa.fi/Link.as
px?id=462801

20. More Information
• Marja Mikola, Vaasa
City Library – Regional
Library
marja.mikola@vaasa.fi
• Sari Tarvonen, Summer
University of Vaasa
sari.tarvonen@vaasankesayliopisto.fi
• Katri Rintamäki, Tritonia
katri.rintamaki@turkuamk.fi
• Thank you!