4. Discussion questions
Please use padlets:
1.How do you define ‘IL impact’
in your work or practice?
padlet - https://bit.ly/LIL01
2.What are the impacts of IL on society?
padlet - https://bit.ly/LIL02
3.How can we increase the impact of IL?
padlet - https://bit.ly/LIL03
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5. Project team
Bruce Ryan Marina Milosheva
Peter Cruickshank
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6. Project aims
• Large-scale, systematic literature review of
socially impactful IL research
• Filling research gaps
in scale
in policy areas
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7. Research questions
1. What is the core research that investigates
the role IL plays for different user groups
in society?
a) How comprehensive is this core research?
b) Which themes are absent from this core
research?
c) Which factors prevent these themes being
researched?
d) Which themes are overrepresented?
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8. Research questions (cont)
2. According to this core research, what are the
barriers and enablers of shaping
information literate populations?
3. What research methodologies in this core
research are most effective at delivering
impact/societal change, and why are these
methods effective?
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9. Methods
Search terms: ‘information literacy’ AND (assess, benefit, effect,
evaluat*, impact, indicator*, measur*, monitor*, outcome, output
OR result)
Classification Number of items
everyday life 356
citizenship 118
education 2825
- tertiary 1993
- secondary 127
- primary 55
- not specified/more than one 650
workplace 296
health 378
none/out of scope 1131
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12. Primary education findings
Enablers of information-literate societies
• delivering relevant facts to stimulate government action
and funding
• appropriate IL teaching frameworks and IT systems
• teaching of critical thinking
Barriers to information-literate societies
• inappropriate government action/lack of funding,
leading to loss of librarians teaching IL skills in
formative years
• other unwelcome human actions
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13. Secondary education findings
Enablers of information literate societies
• spurs to undertake IL teaching
• supportive school leaderships
• ‘scaffolded’ teaching methods
• taking advantage of suitable relationships within and
outwith formal education
Barriers to information literate societies
• inappropriate teaching and examination policies and methods
• ‘contrary’ human characteristics
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14. Tertiary education and
‘other’ education findings
Enablers of information literate societies
• supportive university leadership
• positive actions by university librarians and their colleagues
• education around critical thinking
• provision of suitable resources and staffing for IL teaching
• collaboration between librarians and their teaching
Barriers to information literate societies
• not teaching the full range of IL skills
• not using IL models
• lack of resources, university support and collaboration
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15. Everyday life findings
Enablers of information literate societies
• national IL frameworks and other government
actions
• improvements to teaching methods and
programmes
• working around socio-cultural and religious
barriers
Barriers to information literate societies
• can be manifold
Library instruction and information literacy annual
series:
• geographical spread of IL research is increasing,
but ...
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16. Citizenship findings
Enablers of information literate societies
• ‘good’ parenting
• national IL frameworks
• co-ordination of support for national policies
• advocacy of examination of new issues stemming from
evolving technology
Barriers to information literate societies
• lack of relevant government action and polices
• lack of updating IL teaching around modern developments and
social needs
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17. Workplace findings
Enablers of information literate societies
• workplace or in-work IL training
• context-specific IL frameworks
• relevant communities of practice
Barriers to information literate societies
• poor presentation of information
• overwhelming other aspects of work roles
• lack of training, immediate resources and support
resources
• various demographic factors
• over-generalised IL frameworks
Many papers covered the impact of already having IL.
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18. Health findings
Enablers of information literate societies
• service-learning methods including group projects
• ‘scaffolded’ teaching methods
• collaboration between librarians and teaching colleagues
• compulsory undergraduate IL education
• socio-demographic factors
• demonstrating the relevance of IL to practice
Barriers to information literate societies
• lack of respect for librarians
• lack of university IL education
• lack of government action on misinformation
• socio-demographic factors such as being older or male
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19. Answering RQ1
1. What is the core research that investigates the role IL
plays for different user groups in society?
a) How comprehensive is this core research?
policy and governance, education, digital/IT,
health, some professions, personal/citizenship
topics
b) Which themes are absent from this core research?
citizenship, primary education, public libraries,
mis/disinformation, longitudinal, non-textual
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20. Answering RQ1 (cont)
1. What is the core research that investigates the role
IL plays for different user groups in society?
c) Which factors prevent these themes being
researched?
no robust answers
d) Which themes are overrepresented?
tertiary education
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21. Answering RQ2
2. According to this core research, what are the
barriers and enablers of shaping information
literate populations?
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Some barriers
• government inaction/underfunding
• inappropriate teaching
• overwhelming other aspects of
work
• poor information-presentation
• socio-cultural barriers faced by
migrants
Some enablers
• national IL frameworks
• improvements to teaching
• teacher-librarian collaboration
• overcoming cultural and
demographic barriers
• relevant government and school
leadership action
22. Answering RQ3
3. What research methodologies in this core research
are most effective at delivering impact/societal
change, and why are these methods effective?
no robust answers, but some IL education ‘how-to’s
IL education/training should be
• structured
• integrated
• collaborative
• take into account learners’ needs and
existing abilities
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23. Discussion questions
1.How do you define ‘IL impact’
in your work or practice?
https://bit.ly/LIL01
2.What are the impacts of IL on society?
https://bit.ly/LIL02
3.How can we increase the impact of IL?
https://bit.ly/LIL03
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24. Thank you!
Bruce Ryan
b.ryan@napier.ac.uk
@bruce_research
Marina Milosheva
m.milosheva@napier.ac.uk
mari-milo.github.io
Peter Cruickshank
p.cruickshank@napier.ac.uk
@spartakan
https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/social-informatics
Report is online: https://bit.ly/ILSoc
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25. Dr Bruce Ryan
Senior Research Fellow
Edinburgh Napier University
Email: b.ryan@napier.ac.uk
Twitter: @bruce_research
Report is online: https://bit.ly/ILSoc
Read more about what we do:
blogs.napier.ac.uk/social-informatics
Thank you!
Marina Milosheva
PhD student
Edinburgh Napier University
Email:
m.milosheva@napier.ac.uk
Web: mari-milo.github.io
Dr Peter Cruickshank
Associate Professor
Edinburgh Napier University
Email:
p.cruickshank@napier.ac.uk
Twitter: @spartakan