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Library skills and information literacy at Iceland University of Education Birgir Björnsson
Reference librarianThe Learning Centre
Birgir Björnsson - Nordisk sommerskole 2007
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Library skills and information literacy at Iceland University of Education
Number of students 2300 2000 students at undergraduate level 300 students at graduate level Faculty and staff members 230
Iceland University of Education
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Department of Undergraduate Studies
Developmental Therapy/Social PedagogyEarly Childhood EducationPrimary and Lower Secondary EducationRecreational and Social Activity StudiesSports and Physical EducationTeacher Certification
Library skills and information literacy at Iceland University of Education Iceland University of Education
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Library skills and information literacy at Iceland University of Education
Department of Graduate Studies
Courses for professionals in educationCourses for professionals in developmental therapy/social pedagogyDiploma in EducationM.Ed. In Education Doctoral programme in Education
Iceland University of Education
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Library skills and information literacy at Iceland University of Education
Students at IUE
Female 82%Male 18%Distance education students 59%Regular students 41% Students mean age 35 years Age range 19 – 70 years of age
Iceland University of Education
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Library skills and information literacy at Iceland University of Education
Survey spring 2005578 students participated Participation in the survey 24.4%
Survey spring 2007441 students participatedParticipation in the survey 20%
Students as active producers/users of information
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Library skills and information literacy at Iceland University of Education
How do the students usethe Internet (2005)?
Play online games 21%Write blog 22%Use Skype 26%Publish a web site 28%Sending/receiving SMS 64%Sending/receiving e-mails 99%
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Library skills and information literacy at Iceland University of Education
How do the students usethe Internet (2005)?
Watch movies online 7%Download music online 15%Watch television online 17%Listen to music online 21%Listen to radio online 22%
Students as active producers/users of information
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How do the students use the Internet (2005)?
Search for goods and services 75,5%Search for scholarly sources 98,5%
Library skills and information literacy at Iceland University of Education
Students as active producers/users of information
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Library skills and information literacy at Iceland University of Education
The student´s self-perception
I am good in searching Gegnir, the union catalog of Icelandic libraries
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The student´s self-perception
Library skills and information literacy at Iceland University of Education
My knowledge about where to search forscholarly sources on the Internet is:
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The student´s self-perception
Library skills and information literacy at Iceland University of Education
My knowledge on planning searches on the internet is:
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Library skills and information literacy at Iceland University of Education
The student´s self-perception
I do search the Internet systematically for sources
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Library skills and information literacy at Iceland University of Education
The student´s self-perception
I do believe that good knowledge on how to search the Internet is desirable
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Library skills and information literacy at Iceland University of Education
The student as a consumer
I search with Gegnir, the union catalogue of Icelandic libraries
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The student as a consumer
Library skills and information literacy at Iceland University of Education
When searching the Internet for sources I use:
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Gegnir - unioncatalogue of
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Hvar.is - portal toelectronicdatabases
Databases Search engines Mass media
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I have used the following search engines (2005):
Ask Jeeves 8,5% Google 97%Leit.is 93%MSN 13,5%Yahoo 62%Meta search engines 1- 4,5%
The student as a consumer
Library skills and information literacy at Iceland University of Education
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The student´s actual knowledge
Library skills and information literacy at Iceland University of Education
When using Gegnir: Can you define your search only to search whithin the library of IUE?
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Can you find everything on the Internet by using Google (2005)?
Yes 14%No 47%Don´t know 39 %
The student´s actual knowledge
Library skills and information literacy at Iceland University of Education
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Are articles found in ProQuest all in full text (2005)?
Yes 0,5%No 25%Don´t know 74,5%
The student´s actual knowledge
Library skills and information literacy at Iceland University of Education
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Is the following search string an example of narrowed search (2005)?education AND curriculum
Yes 24%No 12,5%Don´t know 63,5%
The student´s actual knowledge
Library skills and information literacy at Iceland University of Education
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So what is new?What is next?
The librarian´s headache!
Library skills and information literacy at Iceland University of Education
