This handout outlines and in class activity where students work together to review a bibliography based on the Research on Global Issues assessment from the handout above.
A sample research project for a theorhetical class that I designed to accompany the library research handouts.
Tips for Global Information Literacy Instruction
Video Coming Soon! I intend to record the presentation I will make to librarians about what I learned during my time with the FLC.
Globalized Information Literacy Articles
Global Perspectives on Information Literacy Fostering a Dialogue for International UnderstandingThe paper includes chapters written by information literacy experts from around the world, including Africa, Canada, Europe, Oceania, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, and seeks to share individual international perspectives that demonstrate how information literacy is viewed, taught, and conceptualized internationally.
The white paper is divided into thirteen chapters covering several topics from each authors regional and/or cultural perspective:
Research trends: What kind of IL-related research is being done in your country or region that has impacted your approach to teaching?
Models of information literacy: What standards / frameworks / models / learning theory / pedagogy or specific paradigms do you most often use for inspiration in your teaching?
Theory and practice = praxis: Describe the connection between information literacy and student learning from your position or perspective. Alternatively, what is your teaching philosophy?
Role of librarians: What is the role of librarians in the higher education landscape of your country or region? How were/are you trained to become a teaching librarian?
Future visioning: Think about the future of information literacy for your region and share your vision for what you think that might look like in the next 510 years.
Information Literacy for Global Inclusion: Designing an Annotated Bibliography for Global Search and SelectionThe COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the notion that our world is global and interdependent. Despite the ever-increasing connection of global with local, there continues to be formidable barriers in accessing information produced in different international contexts and languages. This Innovative Practices article details the redesign of an annotated bibliography assignment in an international studies course to support the inclusion of global perspectives into the information practices of undergraduate students. The redesign embedded explicit information literacy dispositions and global citizenship education competencies through the search and selection of global information sources. The authors discuss the instructional elements used, student outcomes, and the connection between information literacy and global citizenship pedagogies. The goal of this article is to support librarians in developing inclusive and global information literacy curriculum enabling students to connect to international voices.
Education for Information Literacy Instruction: A Global PerspectiveInformation literacy instruction is a core activity in academic libraries, and an increasingly important focus in public libraries. To explore the degree to which professional librarians are trained for this work, the curricula at ninety-three schools of library and information science around the world were examined using content analysis of the schools' Web pages. A majority of the schools appear to offer no course in information literacy instruction. In existing courses, a range of topics was included: instructional strategies (pedagogy), program planning and implementation, assessing instruction, learning theory, instructional design, basic information literacy concepts, outcomes evaluation, needs assessment, and Web-based instruction strategies. Only one school in the world makes its instructional course core (required) for the training of its graduate librarians. These results reveal inadequate formal preparation for professional librarians doing instructional work. It is hoped that the results may provide some guidance to curriculum development in the area of instruction, by assisting programs to address the core competency of instructional skills in their graduates.
Strategies for Engaging in International Librarianship: Misconceptions and OpportunitiesHigher education institutions are increasingly formalizing internationalization priorities into their strategic
plans. As a result library and information science (LIS) programs are beginning to encourage the inclusion
of more international perspectives in student experiences. One means of doing so is by drawing upon
international librarianship (IL), an LIS field of study since the 1950s. However, IL is a relatively small field
that is not understood well. In order for IL to be studied, practiced, and funded in ways that are
appropriate to its potential, this essay revisits the concept of IL, discusses some of its misconceptions,
and advocates for more intentional, reciprocal, and reflective applications. It is also argued that IL praxis
should be coupled with critical theorist (or critical librarian) values, in order to achieve the most balanced
relationships.
Global Librarianship Books
Global Resource Sharing by Linda Frederiksen; Margaret Bean; Heidi NanceWritten from a global perspective, this book reviews sharing of library resources on a global scale. With expanded discovery tools and massive digitization projects, the rich and extensive holdings of the world's libraries are more visible now than at any time in the past. Advanced communication and transmission technologies, along with improved international standards, present a means for the sharing of library resources around the globe. Despite these significant improvements, a number of challenges remain. Global Resource Sharing provides librarians and library managers with a comprehensive background in and summary of the issues involved in global resource sharing. Analyses current and future environments for international resource sharing, including past research and discussions Provides an international perspective on a global library issue Includes examples of successful and innovative global resource sharing initiatives
ISBN: 9781780632889
Publication Date: 2011
Guided Inquiry Goes Global: Evidence-Based Practice in Action by Lee FitzGerald; Ross J. Todd (Foreword by)Across the world's education systems, many schools are moving to inquiry learning. However, making inquiry learning work requires effective collaboration in schools and resolving the conflict between teaching 21st-century skills while also adhering to content-heavy syllabuses and meeting accountability standards. In Guided Inquiry Goes Global: Evidence-Based Practice In Action, author Lee FitzGerald--a teacher librarian with 25 years' experience, in both primary and secondary schools, and who has experimented with the developing practice for more than 10 years--places guided inquiry (GI) in an international context of curricular and technological change. She provides an essential and succinct background on GI; explains where it fits in the curriculum; and provides practical guidance in creating GI tasks, operating GI tasks in real-world teaching situations, and overcoming barriers to successful implementation of guided inquiry. You'll gain insight into the evidence for the effectiveness of GI, understand how students interpret and use the GI process, grasp the critical teaching role of the teacher librarian in GI, and appreciate the value of collaboration in making GI work for you and your students. The final chapters of the book identify ways of dealing with common "roadblocks" along the path to acceptance of GI that were developed from interviews with practicing teacher librarians in Australia, France, Sweden, and the United States.
ISBN: 9781610696708
Publication Date: 2018
Social Justice and Cultural Competency: Essential Readings for School Librarians by Marcia A. Mardis (Editor); Dianne Oberg (Editor)Education systems today are expected to advance national goals related to fairness, equity, and social cohesion. Comprising articles written and collected in the journal of the International Association of School Librarianship and new articles written especially for this anthology, this book documents both empirical research and promising practices to help school librarians and teachers work together to promote social justice and develop learners' and educators' cultural competence. Both coeditors are experienced in working with authors from around the world and have participated in the development of effective and ethical standards and guidelines for school library practitioners. Brief real-life case studies of school librarians and teachers in action showcase efforts to improve the lives of marginalized or under-served students. School librarians inside and outside of the United States, school library educators and policymakers, and academic librarians building school librarianship collections will find this guide valuable.
ISBN: 9781440871238
Publication Date: 2019
Transforming Research Libraries for the Global Knowledge Society by Barbara Dewey (Editor)Transforming Research Libraries for the Global Knowledge Society explores critical aspects of research library transformation needed for successful transition into the 21st century multicultural environment. The book is written by leaders in the field who have real world experience with transformational change and thought-provoking ideas for the future of research libraries, academic librarianship, research collections, and the changing nature of global scholarship within a higher education context. Authors are leaders in the research libraries field from a variety of countries Thought provoking chapters will help guide research library transformation globally Contains a diversity of thinking on research librarianship in the 21st century