Faculty attitudes, perceptions and experiences of information literacy: a study across multiple disciplines at York University, Canada.

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Sophie Bury

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This Canadian-based survey research study investigates the information literacy (IL) instruction practices, attitudes and knowledge of university faculty. Findings are based on results from an online survey of all full-time faculty at York University. The value of this paper lies, firstly, in its contribution to a field of enquiry where a research deficit has been identified. Second, it contributes to IL research and practice by both synthesizing and corroborating some of the findings of earlier studies of a similar nature. This and other studies establish that many faculty attitudes and practices regarding IL instruction have remained relatively constant over time by revealing evidence of a strong and enduring faculty belief in the value of solid student IL proficiencies, concerns that these proficiencies fall below desired standards; the view that IL instruction is beneficial; and evidence of disconnects between expressed beliefs and actual IL practice. Third, this study builds on what is already known by uncovering disciplinary differences in faculty opinions and practices in the domain of IL instruction and by providing insights on how faculty’s perceptions and rankings of different types of IL competencies are evolving and changing in an increasingly web-based information universe.

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BURY, Sophie. Faculty attitudes, perceptions and experiences of information literacy: a study across multiple disciplines at York University, Canada.. Journal of Information Literacy, [S.l.], v. 5, n. 1, p. 45-64, may 2011. ISSN 1750-5968. Available at: <https://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/JIL/article/view/PRA-V5-I1-2011-1>. Date accessed: 13 nov. 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.11645/5.1.1513.
Keywords
information literacy; faculty; academic libraries; higher education; survey research; information literacy assessment
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Peer reviewed articles
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