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Is There an Information Literacy Skills Gap to Be Bridged? An Examination of Faculty Perceptions and Activities Relating to Information Literacy in the United States and England
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Surveys of faculty were conducted at two higher education institutions in England and the United States to ascertain their perceptions of information literacy. Faculty were also asked about the extent to which they incorporated information literacy skills into their courses. Similarities were found across the two institutions both in the importance that faculty attached to information skills and what they actually did to incorporate the skills within curricula. The results reflect an information literacy skills gap between what faculty (and librarians) want for their students and the practical reality. Librarians and faculty should work collaboratively together to bridge this gap.
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“Librarians, academics, lecturers, academic skills developers and other staff in Higher Education discuss and define information literacy, but can struggle to equip students with higher level, transferable, information skills.”
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“It can be seen that higher level information literacy skills are rarely explicitly addressed in Higher Education, though it would be valuable to do so (DaCosta, 2010; Markless, 2004; Saunders, 2012; Secker, 2011; Wang, 2007).”
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- Authors
- DaCosta, J. W.
- Affiliations
- The College of New Jersey (US)
- Corresponding author
- DaCosta, Jacqui Weetman
- Venue
- College & Research Libraries
- Publisher
- American Library Association
- Published
- 2010-05-01
- Volume
- 71
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 203-222
- ISSN
- 0010-0870 (ISSN-L)
- 2150-6701
- OpenAlex
- W2101554091
- Cited by
- 102
- References
- 24
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- 2026: 1 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 11
- FWCI
- 72.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- College & Research Libraries (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- University of Derby Online Research Archive. (University of Derby) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Library Science and Information Literacy
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Information Science and Libraries
- Keywords
- information literacy, teacher perceptions, curriculum integration, library-faculty collaboration, academic libraries, higher education
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