Library and Information Science Education 2.0: Guiding Principles and Models of Best Practice

2008 ALTC Teaching Fellow

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Fellowship years: 2008 - 2011

Abstract: Web 2.0 is changing the nature of libraries and the role of library and information science (LIS) professionals. Web 2.0 requires an LIS professional with a new type of skill and knowledge. However, LIS education in Australia continues to be framed in disciplinary traditions that do not reflect these changing requirements. This Fellowship program will develop Guiding Principles for Library and Information Science Education 2.0. It will make an important contribution to ensuring that Australian LIS graduates are equipped with the capabilities required of the contemporary profession. The proposed ‘whole of discipline’ web 2.0 education framework produced via this fellowship is unique. Although the fellowship's focus is on the LIS discipline, resources will be developed to inform educational practices in other professions. A model for undertaking similar studies in other disciplinary contexts will be provided.

Fellowship discipline: Best practice, curriculum renewal, Library and Information Science, web 2.0

Fellowship website: http://liseducation.wordpress.com

Fellowship Report

Professor Helen Partridge

University of Southern Queensland

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The Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows’ network (ALTF) was established in 2011 with support from the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching. The network comprises over 100 scholars who are well placed geographically, institutionally and within their discipline communities to promote and sustain effective learning and teaching in Australian higher education, now and into the future.