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Information culture - different views on information literacy

Information culture - different views on information literacy

Thomas Hapke

June 01, 2012
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  1. Information culture – Culture de l‘information Thomas Hapke, June 2012

    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Information culture - different views on information literacy Thomas Hapke University Library, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)
  2. Information culture – Culture de l‘information Thomas Hapke, June 2012

    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg The problem of defining information literacy!
  3. Information culture – Culture de l‘information Thomas Hapke, June 2012

    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Until experienced in practice, concepts are often not easy to define! Think especially of concepts like Twitter or Facebook!
  4. Information culture – Culture de l‘information Thomas Hapke, June 2012

    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Put the three spheres of information literacy in order of importance! 1) Find / access/ locate 2) Evaluate / discern / judge 3) Use / communicate / produce 123 231 312 132 213 321 ? Idea: Geoff Walton, Mailing list [email protected], April 20, 2012, see also his LILAC 2012 presentation at http://www.slideshare.net/infolit_group/walton-12685154
  5. Information culture – Culture de l‘information Thomas Hapke, June 2012

    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg On the future of competences!? „In diesen Tagen darf sich niemand auf das versteifen, was er ‚kann‘. In der Improvisation liegt die Stärke. Alle entscheidenden Schläge werden mit der linken Hand geführt werden.“ „These are the days when no one should rely on his ‚competence‘. Strength lies in inspiration. All the decisive blows are struck left-handed.“ Walter Benjamin, Einbahnstraße, 1928.
  6. Information culture – Culture de l‘information Thomas Hapke, June 2012

    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Classical view Critical view Emphasis on competences, standards for information use understanding process or system of information Concept of education, Bildung transfer of knowledge from the knower to the learner creating ability for reflection and critical awareness Concept of knowledge independent of knower result of a social process Concept of inf. process linear not linear, complex Emphasis on information literacy how to find how to produce and share View of the user customer, needy person patron, co-producer View of the library storehouse room for experiences View of the librarian teacher consultant for learning Critical view on information literacy
  7. Information culture – Culture de l‘information Thomas Hapke, June 2012

    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Information literacy is one of many key competencies and literacies! Media literacy Writing competencies Intercultural competencies Didactical competencies Decision-making and responsibility Soft skills Academic literacy Computer literacy E-literacy Visual literacy
  8. Information culture – Culture de l‘information Thomas Hapke, June 2012

    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Information literacy is a … !? critical view new literacy transliteracy multimodal literacy meta competence second-order literacy multi-literacy
  9. Information culture – Culture de l‘information Thomas Hapke, June 2012

    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Cultural view on information literacy! La culture de l'information Culture informationnelle (Olivier Le Deuff) In French „culture“ also means education or „Bildung“! Thinking about the other, the difference!
  10. Information culture – Culture de l‘information Thomas Hapke, June 2012

    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg • to create and develop oneself • diversity (in contrast to Google‘s monoculture) • being different and viewing oneself different • importance of context and relations, e.g. with a disciplinary culture • a more phenomenological or ethnological view on information behaviour and information literacy • a not library-related view on information literacy Information culture implies ...
  11. Information culture – Culture de l‘information Thomas Hapke, June 2012

    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Key aspects of information culture include … Textuality Authenticity Knowledge Power Identity Memory
  12. Information culture – Culture de l‘information Thomas Hapke, June 2012

    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Distinctions Object Material Subject Form Stability Variability Data Interpretation Representation Knowledge Culture Technology Presence Absence INFORMATION COMMUNICATION
  13. Information culture – Culture de l‘information Thomas Hapke, June 2012

    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg „Wir sind doch nicht blöd“ (We are not stupid, however) From http://log.netbib.de/archives/2010/08/25/wir-sind-doch-nicht-blod/ Searching for a book by Clemens Knobloch in library catalogs!
  14. Information culture – Culture de l‘information Thomas Hapke, June 2012

    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Information literacy and discovery systems • Does the existence and use of discovery systems change information literacy? • Is the need for information literacy a function of the user interface? • How do indexing, data structure and links, cataloguing rules behind the user interface prevent optimal results when searching for information? • Which components of information literacy are actually not necessary to get the best search result? (See also the discussion at http://plan3t.info/2012/04/05/verbessern- discovery-systeme-die-informationskompetenz/)
  15. Information culture – Culture de l‘information Thomas Hapke, June 2012

    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg The searchability of information depends on choices made by authors, publishers, database providers, users and others (Adapted from Falciola, 2009)
  16. Information culture – Culture de l‘information Thomas Hapke, June 2012

    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg The social construction of search results Results in a specific search system Contents or documents in the system • indexed content: bibliogr. description, abstracts, full text • „enriched“ data • controlled vocabulary included Specific user and users • information behaviour e.g. used search terms • information literacy • former searches of specific user and of other users System‘s „properties“ • user interface • indexing (Boole, best match) • structure of data • transfer of data to search system • used cataloguing guidelines and its institutional or personal interpretation Other impacts • advertising economics of provider • ...!?
  17. Information culture – Culture de l‘information Thomas Hapke, June 2012

    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Prerequisites to develop information literacy!? • Curiosity • Skill to play and to explore • Having the time for it • Critical attitude • ...?
  18. Information culture – Culture de l‘information Thomas Hapke, June 2012

    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg What is the core of information literacy? What is the real, the characteristic, the „Eigentliche“ of information literacy?
  19. Information culture – Culture de l‘information Thomas Hapke, June 2012

    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Proposals for the core of information literacy/culture • Don‘t trust only one information source. • Be prepared for constant change. • Know your skills and limits! • When searching: „Bullshit in, bullshit out“. • Tolerate ambiguity and differences. • Don‘t give up too early. • Be aware that every fact is the result of an act, that information has been created by somebody with a certain purpose.
  20. Information culture – Culture de l‘information Thomas Hapke, June 2012

    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg An example for information literacy content written for a special „disciplinary culture“ Hapke, T.: Appendix I. The world of biotechnology information: seven points for reflecting on your information behavior. In: Buchholz, K., Kasche, V., Bornscheuer, U.T.: Biocatalysts and Enzyme Technology. 2. ed. Wiley-VCH, October 2012. Preprint available at: http://www.chemie.uni- greifswald.de/~biotech/assets/downloads/Info rmation_BuchholzKascheBornscheuer.pdf
  21. Information culture – Culture de l‘information Thomas Hapke, June 2012

    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Information literacy/culture and creativity How can information systems increase individual creativity?
  22. Information culture – Culture de l‘information Thomas Hapke, June 2012

    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Further reading Hapke, T.: Informationskompetenz in einer neuen Informationskultur. In: Handbuch Informationskompetenz, pp. 36-48. Ed. W. Sühl-Strohmenger. Berlin: de Gruyter Saur, 2012. http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/129277 Falciola, L, Searching biotechnology information: A case study. World patent information 2009, 31, 1, 36-47 Le Deuff, O.: Culture de l’Information. Espace d’Olivier Le Deuff. http://www.culturedel.info/ Lloyd, A.: Information literacy landscapes : information literacy in education, workplace and everyday contexts. Oxford: Chandos, 2010. Tredinnick, L.: Digital information contexts : theoretical approaches to understanding digital information. Oxford: Chandos Publ., 2006. Tredinnick, L.: Digital information culture : the individual and society in the digital age. Oxford: Chandos Publ., 2008.
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    www.tub.tu-harburg.de TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Thanks! Thomas Hapke Web: http://www.tub.tu-harburg.de/192.html Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thhapke Blog: http://blog.hapke.de Netvibes: http://www.netvibes.com/thapke Links: http://del.icio.us/thapke Slidespace: http://www.slideshare.net/thapke Tweets: http://twitter.com/thapke me!