Information literacy - workshop presentations

At last! I'm finally sharing the Powerpoint presentations from the information literacy workshop with you (but now as pdf-documents).

The first presentation is about

• the concept of information literacy 
• references
• evaluating sources

The second presentation is on how to communicate with faculty about information literacy.

English language moocs?

I recently took a mooc (massive open online course) on Academic Freedom developed through the Scholars at Risk network by the University of Oslo. Although I warmly recommend that one and think that I will be able to use some of this new competence in our cooperation, I noted that the same platform also offers moocs potentially even more useful for our cooperation: English online courses.


Maybe this British Council English for the Workplace course could be of use for some of you (click on the link)? It is for English learners (you who take the trainings with Swedish partners could maybe be considered being learners in English) but focuses on the workplace. Although it focuses on language used in processes related to finding a job, it could be worth a try?

The English for Academic studies course prepares those of you whom are going for academic studies in using key vocaulary.

I will try to look for more useful and open online courses.

Workshop : Information literacy, UEM library June 5th-7th

This week we are exploring the concept of information literacy. The content of the workshop is:

• A general introduction to information literacy
• Exploration of which types of resources UEM has access to, subscribed as well as free
• Understanding the role of librarians teaching information literacy

Some documents which may be of interest are:
Recomendações da IFLA sobre a Literacia Informacional e Mediática Versão Final Parasobreviver e evoluir, 2011 (2 pages)

Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, 2015 (18 pages)

The SCONUL Seven Pillars of Information Literacy, 2011 (14 pages)

Writing a good research question [2018-06-06]

How to spot fake news, IFLA, 2018 (Poster, also available in Portuguese)

Many libraries have written about the CRAAP test, a test used to evaluate sources. I found something from the Benedectine university, CRAAP. Search on the web to find more examples.