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Information Literacy - An Institution-Wide Strategy

Rigmor George, Holly Mccausland, Dale Wache and Irene Doskatsch

rigmor.george@unisa.edu.au.nospam
holly.mccausland@unisa.edu.au.nospam
dale.wache@unisa.edu.au.nospam
irene.doskatsch@unisa.edu.au.nospam

ABSTRACT This paper argues that effective information literacy in the current rapidly changing social context is field and discipline specific and needs to be embedded in the usual teaching and learning arrangements of a course. In order to achieve this, the paper outlines an information literacy strategy at the curriculum level within a framework of lifelong learning. The framework identifies the characteristics of the lifelong learner and this forms the basis of the development of resources and examples of good practice that can be used by academics to design teaching and learning opportunities for their students.

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