Working group on Information literacy

Information

Membership

Janice Bell (Birmingham City) Moira Bent (Newcastle) Ellen Breen (Dublin City) Cathie Jackson -Secretary (Cardiff)

Alison Mackenzie - Chair (EdgeHill) Ruth Stubbings(Loughborough) Wendy White (Southampton) John Wolstenholme (Thames Valley)

Terms of reference

• Develop, refine and promote the concept and SCONUL model of information literacy within the higher education sector
• Ensure that the role of information literacy in learning and teaching, research, and organisational enhancement is communicated effectively and understood by the wider educational professional groups in HE
• Work collaboratively with other groups (both within and outside SCONUL) and organisations to stimulate strategies and the development of underpinning pedagogies relating to information use in HE
• Develop the WGIL web site to provide a focus for IL in HE in the UK
• Inform and advise the SCONUL Executive Board on IL and learning issues

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