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#infolitwork or #SLA2010 Twitter Hashtag

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Information literacy in the workplace

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“ Many businesses are knowledge driven. Even entry level employees have to know how to identify information problems and go about solving them” ~ unidentified employer 2000.Topsey Smalley, Workplace Quotes www.cabrillo.edu/~tsmalley/WorkplaceQuotes.html

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The original idea <ul><li>The use of information services and information literacy: A Glasgow Caledonian University study </li></ul><ul><li>John Crawford </li></ul><ul><li>Journal of Librarianship and Information Science </li></ul><ul><li>2006 Volume 38 Pages 33-44 </li></ul>

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The original idea <ul><li>Stemmed from a study by John Crawford of Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland </li></ul><ul><li>Examined how current students and alumni at his university used research skills from college </li></ul><ul><li>His findings indicated….. </li></ul>

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Modifying the survey.. CSU Campuses Changed British to US English Added additional questions based upon the 21 century initiatives ALL 4 year universities

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Implementing the survey Snapshot Not enough surveys completed to be a sound scientific indicator of results More Collaboration Social Media was used to distribute survey- I would not do this again!

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<ul><li>RQ1: Does an information literacy requirement at a campus make a difference in research skills? </li></ul>Research Question Research Question Research Question RESARCH QUESTION RESEARCH RQ2: How much do information literacy skills learned in college impact use in the workplace? RQ3: Do alumni attribute their ICT skills to the library or other aspects of their education?

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The Methodology <ul><li>43 Questions </li></ul><ul><li>Alumni Profile </li></ul><ul><li>Information Literacy/Library instruction </li></ul><ul><li>Information Sources you used at your Campus </li></ul><ul><li>Information Sources you used use in the workplace </li></ul><ul><li>Self Assessment of Information Literacy/Research Skills </li></ul>5 sections

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<ul><li>Total Started Survey: 33 </li></ul><ul><li>Total Completed Survey: 18 (54.5%) </li></ul>Non CSU CSU Total Started Survey: 62 Total Completed Survey: 54 (87.1%) The Respondents 72 completed (150 per CSU was goal)

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The Respondents 30.4% Males 69.6% Females Gender Age 64 % 21-30 years old Majors Graphic Design English Communication Studies Psychology Library Science Sociology Nursing Liberal studies Music

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Information Literacy Exposure <ul><li>86% of those with a requirement completed a credit course </li></ul><ul><li>Majority of respondents used their library website and print collection OFTEN </li></ul><ul><li>61% </li></ul>attended library instruction sessions 32% said their school had an Information literacy/technology requirement 45% said NO 23% couldn’t remember

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Information Literacy self assessment of skills 20% poor 43% average searchers Before College After College 0 % said they were poor searchers Skills learned in college Finding relevant information, critical thinking, writing, determining information need, problem solving, social responsibility, ethical use of information and creativity 10% poor average 46% good

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Information literacy workplace skills <ul><li>46% use subscription databases via employer 87% use free internet sources* </li></ul><ul><li>Work related projects that needed research: presentations, reports, and proposals </li></ul><ul><li>65% </li></ul>36% Consulted colleagues if they had trouble finding information Use research skills daily *CSU Only

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Information Literacy Workplace skills <ul><li>53% believe their research skills played a role in getting hired 36% did not </li></ul><ul><li>Types of information: current news, empirical research, statistics and medical information and office supplies ranked lowest. </li></ul><ul><li>63% </li></ul>75% did not want continuing education on research skills use more than one source to verify information

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Implications <ul><li>Does a cohesive library curriculum make a difference to student learning? </li></ul><ul><li>Do students value information literacy skills </li></ul><ul><li>Do they feel they need additional IL instruction? </li></ul>

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VS Crawford Travis

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Further Research <ul><li>Comparison of international instructional application of IL/ICT in the workplace </li></ul><ul><li>Comparison by professions, specifically the role IL plays in less research intensive professions </li></ul>

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Further Research <ul><li>How Millennials use tech at work* </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Tech helps me improve my work 77% </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Tech makes me more successful in my career 76% </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Comparison of IL skills at home vs. at work </li></ul>*Read Write Web 2/9/2010

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<ul><li>Tiffini Travis ttravis@csulb.edu </li></ul><ul><li>Twitter: Mojo_Girl </li></ul><ul><li>Info: www.csulb.edu/~ttravis </li></ul><ul><li>Handout: Scribd.com/t_travis </li></ul><ul><li>Slides: Slideshare.net/t_travis </li></ul>