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Information literacy: how do librarians and academics work in partnership to deliver effective learning programs?

Ruth Ivey
r.ivey@waikato.ac.nz.nospam (please remove '.nospam' from address).

Abstract: This study investigated the working partnerships of librarians and academics in their efforts to develop students' information literacy at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. The study found that the effectiveness of information literacy programmes depends on the teaching partners having a shared understanding of how information literacy is developed, and the provision of appropriate staffing resources to develop and deliver the programmes. Effective communication and positive working relationships are some conditions that were found to be essential to the success of collaborative teaching partnerships, and strategies were identified for initiating, developing and sustaining those partnerships. This paper is an abridged version of a research paper submitted to the School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library and Information Studies in 2002. Copies of the full report are held in the libraries of both universities.

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