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Extending the academic library: social responsibility, information
literacy and schools
Carol HollierAnnike DaseNeil Smyth
Funding environment
“We are living through a period of remarkable turbulence, triggered by the global financial crisis and sustained by its aftershocks.”
Professor David GreenawayVice-Chancellor
University of Nottingham
Social responsibility
We believe in embedding community engagement and
social responsibility in our planning, people, resources
and strategic infrastructure across all academic schools
and
professional services.
Social responsibility
Aim:
To contribute to regional efforts to raise aspirations to
university study and to support rising educational
attainment, by maintaining the level of activities
delivered in partnership with local schools and
colleges.
Social responsibility
Aim:
To open up our physical environment and resources
for greater use by the public, to engage, inspire and
educate.
Social responsibility
Aim:
To promote public access to our campuses and support
appropriate use of our facilities by schools.
Widening participation
Our widening participation programme helps to
raise aspirations and educational attainment in
primary and secondary schools and colleges.
We have made information literacy part of
this widening participation agenda.
Information Literacy Activities
Visits, but piecemeal
Photo: KEN: Wikimedia Commons
Visits before
• Piecemeal activity
• No consistency in offering
• No inclusion of local widening participation target schools
• Librarians• Widening
participation staff• Academic staff
Collaboration within the University
Collaboration beyond the University
• Great variation amongst schools
• Hindered by curriculum demands
and exam pressures
Students leave school with few
reliable information skills
Visits
Library Staff OnlyLibrary and Academic Staff
Academic Staff Involvement
Amer
ican
& Can
adia
n Stu
dies
Art Hist
ory
Biolo
gy
Cultu
re, F
ilm &
Med
ia
Class
ics
Econo
mics
Educa
tion
Engin
eerin
g
Englis
h
Histor
y
Nursin
g
Theol
ogy
& Rel
igoi
us S
udie
s0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
individuals delivering sessionssessions delivered by School/Department
• Visits and activities need to be
timely and curriculum related
• Collect feedback and produce
results
• Work closely together to
promote opportunities with
school leaders
Future
• Primary school visits to the libraries
• Work placements for local students
• Outreach visits to “Into University” centres
Future
Community engaged research
Questions?
Reflections?
Comments?
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