Trends in Education and Research: Developing Skills and Communication across Europe – UNICA Seminar 2006 University of Helsinki, 18-19 May 2006 Cristóbal Pasadas Ureña Universidad de Granada [email protected]Summary IL in the region 2003-2006 Situation of IL in Central and South East European countries Recent developments, ongoing projects and problems as prompted by Kaisa Sinikara IL developments worldwide between 2003 and 2006 Trends and strategic issues for the IL agenda worldwide (IFLA Presidential Committee for the International Agenda on Lifelong Literacy)
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Trends in Education and Research: Developing Skills and Communication across Europe – UNICA Seminar 2006
Situation ca 2003 S. Virkus’ headlines and conclusions:
IL as a development/departure from library / bibliographic / user instruction
Information overload + lifelonglearning as drivers Skill/competence debate not yet solved IL as a LIS issue; lack of awareness in other circles IL = information-related competencies
Main obstacles (Pejova) Lack of cooperation among professional
organizations Lack of articulated IL policies + programs Underdeveloped LIS systems and networks Expensive telecommunication infrastructure Shortage of LIS professionals trained in IL
issues and promotion Intimidated users not acquainted with issues
in information access and use
Trends in Education and Research: Developing Skills and Communication across Europe – UNICA Seminar 2006
Collaboration with faculty France: hard; librarians try, but it works fine
only in a few places. IL not to succeed until faculty feel concerned + involved. It will take time
Cyprus: only a few professors understand the issues at stake. Need more marketing and promotion of IL among them
Anywhere: librarians to understand that most faculties do IL training without being aware and without overall planning. Librarians’ role: put the pieces together through analysis and proposals for sound planning
Trends in Education and Research: Developing Skills and Communication across Europe – UNICA Seminar 2006
Main trends/needs (theory/practice) Focus on 1st. year/cycle students Analysis of courses and programmes to discover IL
training practices of professors Successul libraries in meeting the Bologna
requirements have been engaged in IL programmes and awareness raising for quite a lot of time
IL as formally introduced in the teaching and learning programme at local level
Status of teachers/trainers: librarians recognised as faculty?. Clarification of roles, responsibilities: very important for the planning and delivery of training, levels to be achieved, assessment and certification.
Trends in Education and Research: Developing Skills and Communication across Europe – UNICA Seminar 2006
Main developments 2003-2006 Prague Declaration Alexandria proclamation IFLA Raseroka’s motto: Lifelong literacy WSIS Geneva-Tunis: contribution of libraries UNESCO IFAP includes IL as priority for all UN
agencies Developments in performance evaluation and
quality assurance in libraries: from input/process/output into outcomes/impact evaluation
Rising awareness about the education / information divide (not only “digital divide”)
Trends in Education and Research: Developing Skills and Communication across Europe – UNICA Seminar 2006
Issues in the international IL Agenda IFLA Presidential Committee’s Priorities (P)
and Strategic Actions (SA): P1: advocacy and awareness raising P2: fostering cooperation and collaboration of
all stakeholders in the lifelong learning agenda SA1: Framework and map of literacies SA2: Evidence of contribution of libraries SA3: Training of trainers SA4: Curricular framework for IL programs:
• Accreditation/Evaluation of programs• Assessment/Certification of achievements
Trends in Education and Research: Developing Skills and Communication across Europe – UNICA Seminar 2006