Workplace information literacy: Cultivation strategies for working smarter in 21st Century libraries
ORCiD
0000-0002-4201-8335
Document Type
Conference Presentation
Conference Title
Pushing the Edge: Explore, Engage, Extend - Proceedings of the 14th Association of College & Research Libraries National Conference
Location
Seattle, WA
Conference Dates
March 12-15, 2009
Date of Presentation
3-12-2009
Abstract
This paper presents a hybrid framework of Swedish cultural practices and Australian grounded theory for organizational development and suggests practical strategies for ‘working smarter’ in 21st Century libraries. Toward that end, reflective evidence-based practices are offered to incrementally build organizational capacity for asking good questions, selecting authoritative sources, evaluating multiple perspectives, organizing emerging insights, and communicating them to inform, educate, and influence. In addition, to ensure the robust information exchange necessary to collective workplace learning, leadership traits are proposed for ensuring inclusive communication, decision making, and planning processes. These findings emerge from action research projects conducted from 2003 to 2008 in two North American libraries.
Identifier
978-0838985144
First Page
119
Last Page
126
Editors
Dawn M. Mueller
Publisher
Association of College & Research Libraries
Recommended Citation
Somerville, M. M.,
Howard, Z.,
&
Mirijamdotter, A.
(2009).
Workplace information literacy: Cultivation strategies for working smarter in 21st Century libraries.
Paper presented at Pushing the Edge: Explore, Engage, Extend - Proceedings of the 14th Association of College & Research Libraries National Conference in Seattle, WA.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/libraries-pres/12
