1. Challenge, Change & Collaborate – the future for Subject Librarianship
CILIP ARLG (East Midlands)
De Montfort University, 22nd May 2012 #UCRGEMC3
Digital Literacy in Context
Helen Curtis
Academic Support Manager (Teaching & Learning)
University of Warwick
@helencurtis
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2. My roles
Subject Librarian
The Arts Institute at Bournemouth
Academic Resources Librarian
University of Wolverhampton
Learning and Skills Development Team Leader
University of Wolverhampton
Academic Support Manager (Teaching & Learning)
University of Warwick
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4. Themes
Relationship to information and other academic literacies
IT skills and capabilities
Web technologies and social media
Sharing and communication of ideas
Creating and repurposing content
Digital footprint and digital identity
Ethics, rights and responsibilities
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5. Digital Literacy as a Graduate Attribute
We’re already doing that
That’s not relevant to us
Help! Tell me what it is
6. Responses
The digital literacy ‘hat’
The skills framework
The resource bank
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7. “It’s all about context”
“Definitions need to be
co-created to have power”
Doug Belshaw
http://www.neverendingthesis.com/
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8. Which context?
Librarians Students
Researchers Teachers
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9. Which context?
Increasing productivity
Librarians
Exploiting our resources
Confidence
Advocacy
Teaching practice
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10. Which context?
Motivation
Students
Communication
Mobile
Subject relevance
Employability
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11. Which context?
Visibility
Profile raising
Dissemination
Impact
Researchers
Collaboration
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12. Which context?
Efficiency
Academic discipline
Learning environments
Increasing engagement
Teachers
Improving outcomes
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13. Challenges and Opportunities
Role for libraries and librarians
The Subject Librarian as co-creator?
Connections + context
Develop our own expertise and digital practice
What’s your digital toolkit?
Maximising online library resources
Profiles of our academic communities
Motivations and needs
Lifecycle
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14. Thank you for listening
Presentation is available online at
http://www.slideshare.net/helencurtis
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15. Image credits
‘Graduate Commencement 2010’ by University of Denver on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uofdenver/4679929789/
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All images used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial
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Notas do Editor
Think about the activity not the toolDefining the offer (are we the people associated with DL?)Balance of initial investment (creating resources, training and support)Holistic view of DL