Zur Vermittlung von Informationskompetenz an österreichischen Universitätsbibliotheken Entwicklung, Status quo und Perspektiven im Raum Wien
| Main Author: | Schatovich, Anna |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf |
| Bahasa: | de |
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, 2007
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.rclis.org/8849/1/AC06004960.pdf http://eprints.rclis.org/8849/ |
Daftar Isi:
- The amount and availability of information has increased considerably. As a result, there is a growing need for skills, not only in accessing information, but also in critically assessing its validity and quality. Consequently, user education has changed significantly and teaching information literacy has become a key component of academic libraries all around the world. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the current practice of training activities at Austrian university libraries. The focus is on the region of Vienna as it is rich in higher education institutions. First, a review of literature is undertaken in order to describe the concept of information literacy. Hence important surveys, standards and models are analysed. Subsequently, an empirical study is carried out to investigate whether Austrian university libraries have as-sumed the responsibility of trying to help students to gain skills in information literacy. Therefore, qualitative interviews are conducted with librarians who are responsible for teaching information literacy at university libraries in Vienna. The interviews aim at obtain-ing qualitative data concerning content, design and organisation of training programmes. The findings suggest that the current practice of teaching information literacy at university libraries in Vienna is heterogeneous. Various training activities could be identified, which are depended on academic discipline as well as personnel and financial resources. Further-more, the interviews indicate that there is a growing willingness to integrate user education into the academic curriculum. Moreover, an increasing tendency towards implementing e-learning tools to improve students' information literacy skills is recognisable.