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EMPATIC Information Leaflet
1. events and seminars project partners
International Workshop: Higher Education MDR Partners is a leading specialist partnership
24 May 2011 working together with libraries, archives, museums,
International Workshop on Information Literacy information providers, and other organisations in
Policies: Methodological Aspects the education, culture and e-government sectors.
Its services include research, consultancy, training,
Information Competencies
project management and implementation, service
International Workshop: Adult Lifelong Learning development and technical support.
Sector www.mdrpartners.com
27 May 2011
Ceris Institute for Economic Research on
The workshop’s target groups were the stakeholders
Firms and Growth is a research institute within
of adult education, who are the decision makers the Italian National Research Council and articulates
on the Continuing education, Librarians, General into a main office in Turin and two research units
Secretaries of Ministries, Presidents of the Board of in Milan and Rome. The research activities of the
professional organizations, Presidents of the Board Rome unit are focused on “Research and Scientific
of relevant to LLL organizations, governmental Information Policies”. More specifically, within the
and non- governmental organizations, university research activities of the Rome section a research
professors, and LIS professors. line is focused on Information Literacy educational
policies.
International Workshop: Vocational Education www.ceris.cnr.it
30 May 2011 Jagiellonian University, Institute of
The Importance of Information Literacy in the Information and Library Science is a part of
Vocational Sector the Faculty of Management and Communication,
the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. It
International Workshop: Schools Sector
is a leading research and teaching institution,
8 June 2011
specializing in problems of contemporary
Information Literacy Development in the School librarianship and information work.
Sector www.uj.edu.pl
Final Conference Technical University of Crete (TUC) is an
9 -11 February 2012, Ghent, Belgium institution of higher education with high emphasis
Literacy and Society, Culture, Media and Education on both teaching and research Of major interest for
the EMPATIC project are the activities of the Data
27 - 29 February 2012, Milan, Italy Analysis and Forecasting Laboratory.
EMMILE (European Meeting on Media and en.tuc.gr
Information Literacy) The Turkish Librarians Association was
Details and information on past and incoming events can established in 1949. Today it has 39 branches and
be found from: over 1500 active members. The mission of the
http://empat-ic.eu/eng/EMPATIC-Events Association is to contribute to the development of
librarianship and library and information services in
Turkey.
www.kutuphaneci.org.tr
This project has been funded
with support from the
Contact: Carol Priestley
European Commission.
This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission
cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information
carol.priestley@mdrpartners.com www.empat-ic.eu
contained therein.
2. about EMPATIC the workpackages project aims
EMPATIC (Empowering Autonomous Learning Through The main activities of the project have been structured into work EMPATIC aims to provide
www.empat-ic.eu
Information Competencies) aims to achieve a significant packages as follows: innovative solutions by:
impact on validating new learning paradigms and strategic
1. Desk research
thinking on curriculum reform by drawing together and
2. Dissemination
taking a political approach
valorizing the results of previous Information Literacy
3. Quality assurance and impact
to Information Literacy for
initiatives and projects across the school, university, adult
4. Strategic modelling
the first time. Focusing on
and vocational learning sectors and using this evidence
5. Validation
policy makers as the key actors
to influence policy makers’ perceptions and actions to
6. Resource development
who can bring about change and
support a marked increase in piloting and mainstreaming
7. Exploitation strategy
convincing them that Information Literacy
of Information Literacy.
8. Project management
is a vital component of the future
Information Literacy is a vital component of the future
development of a people-centered,
As fitting for a project focusing on exploitation of results 5 of inclusive and development-oriented
development of a people-centred, inclusive and
the 8 work packages focus on dissemination and exploitation. Information Society;
development oriented European Information Society
The project started with a period of desk research designed to:
A society in which everyone can create, access, utilize and
• arrive at a practical definition of Information Literacy
share information and knowledge - enabling individuals, effectively exploiting the results
and an assessment of current thinking on its role in
communities and peoples to achieve their full potential in of previous research in Information
learner performance and learning outcomes at each
promoting their sustainable development and improving Literacy for the first times;
level of education, taking into account the findings of LLP
their quality of life. IL is a key competence that underpins
projects and other European initiatives;
many, if not most, of the EU’s most important objectives
and strategies, including i2010 and Education and Training • assess to what extent Information Literacy efforts are being making the lessons learned and techniques
2010. It is therefore important that progress is made in employed within mainstream education; developed by campaigners in other fields
all Member States and that expertise can be pooled and accessible to support and encourage advocacy
• identify best practices in schools, higher
used to create maximum impact right across the EU. by practitioners and others on behalf of
education, adult and lifelong learning and
However, the potential of Information Literacy remains vocational educational bodies in formal Information Literacy.
largely unrealized within mainstream learning systems and non-formal education settings.
in Europe
• curricular integration at all educational levels is reports The ambition is that EMPATIC will pave
the way for the extended piloting and
comparatively rare; eventual mainstreaming of information
• significant barriers inhibit its integration • Report on Current State and competencies in all levels of education
within curricula including: relevance and Best Practices in Information Literacy and their integration in the reform of
appropriateness of syllabus content; curriculum frameworks.
• Quality, risk and impact strategy
• lack of awareness of the relationship with
‘neighboring’ disciplines and approaches such • Risk and Evaluation Report No.1
as computer literacy, media literacy, digital etc
literacy; • Strategic Models for Information Literacy
• negative stakeholder perception of the learning • Illustrative Case Studies
achieved;
View EMPATIC reports at:
• lack of competence by teachers;
www.empat-ic.eu/eng/Reports
• concerns over suitability for adults.