Information literacy

A <a href="/SiteCollectionDocuments/training/Info%20literacy%20training%20framewrk%20(30%20Sept%202014)%20-%20trackd%20changes%20accepted.pdf">framework </a>for information literacy was contemplated and accepted in 2014 to provide structure for an effective information literacy skills training program. The framework describes the development of different levels of information literacy competency. It articulates broad principles and ways of integrating information skills into teaching and learning. The following ACRL definition for information literacy forms part of the newly accepted framework:<br><div><div><em>Information literacy is a repertoire of understandings, practices, and dispositions focused on flexible engagement with the information ecosystem, underpinned by critical self-reflection. The repertoire involves finding, evaluating, interpreting, managing, and using information to answer questions and develop new ones; and creating new knowledge through ethical participation in communities of learning, scholarship and practice.</em> (ACRL, June 2014)<br><br>The Library and Information Service offers a wide range of group training sessions in different venues with the main focus on enhancing the information literacy skills of all students at Stellenbosch University. One of the main venues for library training is the <a href="/en-za/Learning/lc/Pages/E-classroom.aspx">e-classroom</a> in the Stellenbosch University Library. </div><div><br></div><div><h3>SU related guidelines are:<br></h3><p></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.sun.ac.za/english/learning-teaching/ctl/t-l-policies-and-guidelines/institutional" target="_blank">SU strategy for teaching and learning, 2017</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sun.ac.za/english/learning-teaching/ctl/t-l-policies-and-guidelines/institutional" target="_blank">Guideline document for academic literacy </a><br><br></li></ul><p></p></div><div><h2>Training sessions available<br></h2></div><ul><li>Consult the <a target="_blank" href="http://sun.ac.za.libcal.com/stb">training and events calendar</a> to see the scheduled training sessions for each month of the year. Book a specific training session or consult the <a href="/en-za/Learning/Pages/training-undergrads.aspx">undergraduate</a> and <a href="/en-za/Learning/Pages/training-postgrads.aspx">postgraduate</a> training program to see a list of all training sessions available for specific target groups.</li><li>A wide range of online training guides is available at <a href="http://libguides.sun.ac.za/">Library guides</a> and <a href="/en-za/Help/Pages/default.aspx">Help</a> on the library homepage.</li><li>One-on-one training sessions by library staff are available during library hours, for example, at the information desk in the Learning Commons in the Stellenbosch University Library and at the branch libraries.</li><li>Appointments with faculty and branch librarians may be arranged during office hours. Please request a one-on-one training session by your faculty or branch librarian with the <a href="http://libanswers.sun.ac.za/">Ask a Librarian</a> online service.<br><br></li></ul><h2>Other training opportunities for postgraduates</h2><div>Consult the <a target="_blank" href="http://www0.sun.ac.za/international/calendar/">support services’ training calendar</a> for postgraduates. These support and skills development workshops, courses, seminars and conferences are aimed at assisting postgraduate students to complete their degree on schedule and to improve the quality of their research. All generic library training sessions are also included in this calendar. <br><br></div><h2>Online training guides</h2><div>The <a href="http://libguides.sun.ac.za/StepbyStep">Find, access and use information effectively: a step-by-step <span><span>online </span></span> guide </a>will assist you in becoming a competent user of academic information resources, by working through the available material in your own time. Many of the training programmes are video presentations with animation to liven up your learning experience. Through the step-by-step directory you will learn how to:</div><ul><li>perform searches in SUNSearch (the Library's search function) to find peer-reviewed<a href="http://libguides.sun.ac.za/content.php?pid=344501&sid=2818214"> articles</a> and <a href="http://libguides.sun.ac.za/content.php?pid=344501&sid=2818212">books</a>;</li><li>understand <a href="http://libguides.sun.ac.za/content.php?pid=344501&sid=2818225">plagiarism</a>;</li><li>understand and <a href="/en-za/Help/Pages/Comply-with-copyright.aspx">comply with copyright</a>.<br><br></li></ul><h2>Other online guides available </h2><ul><li>user guides for <a href="/en-za/Usingthelibrary/Pages/Undergraduate-guide.aspx">undergraduate</a> and <a href="http://libguides.sun.ac.za/researcherguide">postgraduate students and researchers</a> as well as for specific target groups for example <a href="/en-za/Usingthelibrary/Pages/Prospective-postgraduate-guide.aspx">prospective postgraduate students</a>, <a href="/en-za/Usingthelibrary/Pages/Alumni-guide.aspx">alumni</a>, <a href="/en-za/Usingthelibrary/NonUniversityClientGuide">non-university clients</a> and <a href="/en-za/Usingthelibrary/Pages/Lecturer-administrative-staff-guide.aspx">lecturers and administrative staff</a>;<br></li><li><a target="_blank" href="http://libguides.sun.ac.za/">subject-specific library guides</a> containing information packaged according to subject-specific requirements;</li><li><a href="/en-za/Learning/Pages/howto.aspx">wise oak shows you how </a>two minute self-help training videos with sound recordings on topics like finding books and articles, etc. </li></ul></div>

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