ACIL Meeting Minutes - 23rd September 2004
SCONUL Advisory Committee on Information Literacy
ACIL
Meeting Number 9
Date: 23rd September 2004
MEETING NOTES AND ACTION POINTS
1 Present:
Hilary Johnson (Chair)
Toby Bainton
Ellen Breen
Peter Godwin
Liz Hart
Helen Hathaway
Jo Parker
Janet Peters
Stephen Town
Sheila Webber
Wendy White
Apologies:
Marking Jenkins
2 Guests:
Ruth Stubbings
Philips Payne sent his apologies.
LH to re-arrange.
Action: LH 09/01
3 Guest presentations: Ruth Stubbings
RS outlined the use of the Informs project at Loughborough. RS also outlined
a suite of 5 bite size (up to 10 question) “tests” to evaluate student
information literacy. Evaluation of PhD and postgraduate students showed they
liked the process but results demonstrated a 30% success rate. This appears
to prove that students really do not understand information skills.
JoP outlined recent meeting at Leeds discussing this questionnaire topic. Potential
to be hosted on ACIL website and to be held in accessible MS Word / pdf files
or Question-Mark transferable files. Selena to be contacted to discuss how this
e-bank can be held on ACIL website.
Action: JoP/ST/S Lock 09/02
RS also outlined checklist approaches which improved awareness of searching
issues.
RS reported she was working on plagiarism. This included a trial of a plagiarism
tutorial being developed at Loughborough using external funding. Discussions
on how to embed information skills across the curriculum ensued. Overall agreement
that including academic staff at the outset was important perhaps through a
“new” lecturer training programme in institutions
Loughborough developing a comprehensive IL strategy during 2004/2005.
4 Apologies: Received from Martin Jenkins
5 Notes and Action:
Notes of the previous meeting on 11th May were accepted with the following
corrections:
Item 2: Liz Bowden should read Debbie Bowden.
Gomersal should read Gomersall
Action list:
Committee queried the need to attempt to contact Emma Place. Agreed this should
be pursued.
Action: LH 04/18
Executive Board link person should be established for item 07/08
Action: TB 07/08
6 General Update from previous meeting:
LTSN publication completed and with LTSN. JaP/HJ chasing current situation
Action: HJ/JaP 09/03
Action Plan. HJ and LH update printed version for next meeting
Action: Hj/LH 09/04
Website. ST updated the meeting with a short report and update:
- Remove old names and submit all new biographies
- Action Plan not present. LH to send to Selena Lock.
- Events. Reports from various events and meetings are not be followed through by co-organising groups. This needs to be noted for future and action taken to ensure that information is available on ACIL website. Agreed that ACIL Committee contributions should be added to the ACIL site. Group to forward relevant contributions to the site.
- Reports area of website waiting content. Perhaps merge reports and publications sections together
- 7 pillars. Contains usable versions of model in black and white and colour. Add examples of where 7 pillars has been used for evidence base
- Do we wish to have a separate section on “Response documents”? TB agreed that as these are so relevant to ACIL that they should appear on the ACIL site.
- Minutes are currently up to date
- IL programmes within overseas library institutions will be created
- RS recommended link to LTSN website be established. RS to forward to ST
Action: All 09/05
SCONUL e-learning Task Group. HJ reported there had been one meeting of the
group. Meeting again on 11th October. Consists of Sue Roberts; Elizabeth Heaps;
Ruth Jenkins; Gill Needham; Philip Payne; Hilary Johnson. First meeting scoped
the SCONUL brief through a SWOT analysis. Group not anticipating more than 3
or 4 meetings followed by report to SCONUL Executive Board. HJ queried whether
the Committee members had any view on what JISC was progressing regarding IL.
It appears that there is no clear view at present.
HJ to chase Malcolm Batchelor on this issue.
Action: HJ 09/06
HJ to circulate SR’ s notes of the meeting to the Committee.
Action: HJ 09/06
HJ further reported on developments of links with ALT and TLIG in the context
of ACIL work
CILIP and IL. ST updated the group on the last CILIP Group meeting on this topic.
Sue Brown defined role of Group as the CILIP IL Executive. Definitely distinct
therefore from the CILIP IL special interest group led by Debbie Bowden. CILIP
Executive Group is working on IL information, key questions, case studies etc.
Work has been driven forward by Chris Armstrong which includes a definition
for CILIP purposes and the website will then follow. ST may be offering Selena
Lock’s support to put this up on the CILIP website. Contributions from
ACIL members was recommended by ST and/or relevant links established. Comments
are also requested concerning the CILIP definitions document which appeared
on LIS-IL. Noted that this was a relatively limited document to which ACIL members
should respond individually. ACIL does need to establish strong links with the
CILIP Special Interest Group including potentially inviting a representative
to attend ACIL meeting. SW had been approached about the CILIP Special Interest
Group and could act in this capacity. Librarians Information Literacy Group
Conference was discussed as an example of the need for this coordination. Noted
that there was shortly to be a call for papers which members might wish to follow
up. TB reported that SCONUL Executive Board members have been in discussion
with CILIP as well at a strategic Executive level.
RS offered to contact Debbie Bowden on behalf of the group and SW be put forward
as the representative from ACIL. Agreed this should be progressed formally through
HJ.
Action: RS/SW/HJ 09/08
IFLA University and Research Committee. International Certificate. TB reported
that he had not be able to attend this event at IFLA. HJ reported on a draft
document received on this topic.
Action: HJ 08/07 refers
This document outlined the concepts behind the overall initiative.
HJ not aware the document has progressed any further through IFLA.
HJ will also circulate the document to members
Action: HJ 09/09
UCISA/TLIG. WW reported on her attendance at the TLIG Committee. Group clear that they did need to liaise regularly with ACIL which was positive. Discussion included ICT and learning which was admitted to be a huge area. Also the developing links, mergers and partnerships between learning support, libraries, IT, careers etc. Committee is re-forming following new members attending. Next meeting will include a more rigorous decision making in order to progress a clear agenda for the future.
EB briefed the group on her role particularly in relation to the IL work with
CONAL in which she has been closely involved as Chair. EB suggested she produce
an update and overview for the next meeting
Action: EB 09/10
JoP reported that Pete Johnson and Sue McNicoll (UCE) to discuss IL / evidence
based work recently. Pete Johnson also made contact with ST about data collected.
ACIL could consider creating a dataset to assist this type of evaluation attached
to the SCONUL “badge”. There would be a need to ensure that ACIL
was not duplicating effort in other parts of the sector such as ACPI and LIRG.
JoP to circulate notes from the meeting to the group, what we might wish to
collect / establish and then suggested a bid might be progressed.
Action: JoP 09/11
SW reported on an invitation to attend the ICT Skills for Life (post 16) meeting
via DFeS . She will report back on the meeting to the Group.
Action: SW 09/12
SW also reported on a contact with librarians and legal academic following
up the Swedish developments that students must be aware of Information and IL
skills. SW to refer the contact to the ACIL Group.
Action: SW 09/13
SW reported on two projects: University of Sheffield CETL bid which was circulated
to the group (CILASS – Centre for Inquiry Based learning in the Arts and
Social Sciences). This will use the 7 pillars model and one of the aims of the
project would be to take forward a more strategic approach to IL. SW sought
support in general for the bid particularly in relation to the 7 pillars model.
SW suggested a statement which indicated strong support for such initiatives.
Draft to be created by HJ/LH and then sent to TB and SW for overall agreement.
Action: SW/TB/HJ/LH 09/14
University of Sheffield. Ongoing research project. SW tabled a paper on outcomes to date relating to marketing which was summarised in a recent conference paper from SW and Bill Johnson, University of Strathclyde. SW indicated the next part would relate to English which she felt would be challenging in terms of differentiating English from IL conceptually. SW indicated that she would like to come back to ACIL concerning dissemination.
ST sponsored by INSAP to deliver a paper at SCANAL which related to IL in the UK. Paper well received and contact established. It is possible that SCANAL will be interested in pursuing IL initiatives but funding a challenge.
JaP reported on a spin off from a European bid relating to IL / Open College network qualification valid in Wales. Newport are an accredited institution for delivery. The work related to a framework or outline concerned with IL, and has made use of the West Midlands Higher Education Association Libraries Group, Libraries Challenge project resources from Ticket to Find and also the Chrysalis Project.
7 MOSAIC Reversion: JoP updated group on this current position:
OU is running with MOSAIC
MOSAIC Plus material with Reading, Southampton, Portsmouth and Nottingham. Northumbria
is also now involved in the latest round of this. ACIL then attempted to gain
funding from EDUserve for evaluation but this proved to be too costly based
on prices from CERLIM and UCE. JoP suggested getting an independent consultant
to do this work which she felt would be cheaper than a consultancy organisation.
HJ in conversation with Suzanne Enright indicated that SE suggested ACIL put
forward a proposal to Executive Board without further evaluation. JoP provided
an overview of the funding and support model which currently exists with the
OU. HH reminded the group that in her experience a site licence would be the
only sensible way forward, as this would enable embedding in a variety of different
departments. HJ suggested that members of the group formulate a proposal for
Executive Board in December based on the group currently involved in the project.
Action: HJ/HH/JoP 09/15
8 Australian and New Zealand Information Literacy Pack
Australian and New Zealand Information Literacy Pack. Group agreed that this
should be dropped from the agenda but can be recalled as and when required.
Selena to add to the ACIL website.
Action: S Lock 09/16
Agreed to have an agenda item next time regarding such international developments.
Action: LH 09/17
9 Any Other Business
HJ indicated she felt the group should recognise that the actions that would have been forthcoming from the SCONUL ACHS March event would not now occur as that body had been dissolved. This would impact on the ACIL Action Plan and the approach would have to be re-considered. Group members made various suggestions for establishing future contacts including publicising the website.
HJ met with Anne Bell and Suzanne Enright from Executive Board. SE would like more of the SCONUL Committees to follow the pattern of the SCONUL Scholarly Communication Group which provided regular updates/current awareness to SCONUL members on email. This is something the group could consider particularly by using the website and its valuable information. The Group could also use Focus to publicise and disseminate the work of the Group. To consider for Action Plan.
HJ reminded the group that Martin Jenkins and Chris Powis were both now National Teaching Fellows. CP was certainly looking at the promulgation of IL in the UK.
JaP suggested the Group now look at the next Group Event which was agreed.
A plan to have an event once every two years was suggested, perhaps with TLIG
again (though with different financial arrangements). The LTSN publication could
also lead to an event and we could link it to other developments such as the
completion of the Sheffield research. The potential title was suggested as Outcomes
and Impact, with TLIG for January 2006. It was suggested that the Warwick venue
be used again.
HJ to discuss with SCONUL in terms of support and requirements. To be added
to the next ACIL agenda.
Action: HJ/LH 09/18
10 Date of next meeting/s
LH to circulate potential dates for 2004/2005 to group members: December, February,
June, September, December.
Action: LH 09/19
Date: 13th December 2004
Location: SCONUL HQ
Updated October 2004 by Selena Lock S.A.Lock@Cranfield.ac.uk.