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Workplace information literacy for administrative staff in HE
A joint project carried out by Leeds University and Loughborough University, funded by JISC studied the information literacy of non academic staff in higher education. The in-depth, qualitative, study deployed an information audit, interviews and focus groups with eleven staff in the Finance and Res...
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| description | A joint project carried out by Leeds University and Loughborough University, funded by JISC studied the information literacy of non academic staff in higher education. The in-depth, qualitative, study deployed an information audit, interviews and focus groups with eleven staff in the Finance and Research Departments at Loughborough University. The information literacy needs of staff were compared with the JISC iskills model. The hierarchical and collaborative nature of the workplace meant that people’s experience of information literacy in the workplace was more fragmented than in the academic context. Common labels could be used to describe information literacy in the different contexts but more emphasis was placed on data, internal information and information from other people in the workplace. Time had an impact on information literacy. Social networking skills were recognised as key information literacy skills. The need for staff to know how to organise information and develop information policies was identified. |
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| spelling | rr-article-94131382008-01-01T00:00:00Z Workplace information literacy for administrative staff in HE Mark Hepworth (1258338) Marian Smith (2903720) Information systems not elsewhere classified Library and information studies not elsewhere classified Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified untagged Information Systems Library and Information Studies Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified A joint project carried out by Leeds University and Loughborough University, funded by JISC studied the information literacy of non academic staff in higher education. The in-depth, qualitative, study deployed an information audit, interviews and focus groups with eleven staff in the Finance and Research Departments at Loughborough University. The information literacy needs of staff were compared with the JISC iskills model. The hierarchical and collaborative nature of the workplace meant that people’s experience of information literacy in the workplace was more fragmented than in the academic context. Common labels could be used to describe information literacy in the different contexts but more emphasis was placed on data, internal information and information from other people in the workplace. Time had an impact on information literacy. Social networking skills were recognised as key information literacy skills. The need for staff to know how to organise information and develop information policies was identified. 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/3723 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Workplace_information_literacy_for_administrative_staff_in_HE/9413138 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Information systems not elsewhere classified Library and information studies not elsewhere classified Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified untagged Information Systems Library and Information Studies Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified Mark Hepworth Marian Smith Workplace information literacy for administrative staff in HE |
| title | Workplace information literacy for administrative staff in HE |
| title_full | Workplace information literacy for administrative staff in HE |
| title_fullStr | Workplace information literacy for administrative staff in HE |
| title_full_unstemmed | Workplace information literacy for administrative staff in HE |
| title_short | Workplace information literacy for administrative staff in HE |
| title_sort | workplace information literacy for administrative staff in he |
| topic | Information systems not elsewhere classified Library and information studies not elsewhere classified Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified untagged Information Systems Library and Information Studies Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/2134/3723 |