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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

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Art Hist

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Cultu

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Econo

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Educa

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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?