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Workpackage No. 3:

Quality (led by University of Crete)

•Project management & evaluation procedures identified (Kick Off Meeting, Limerick November 2011)- Deliverable no. 16.

•Formation of Evaluation Working Group- composed of 5 experts in quality control and monitoring and who will not be involved in any other Working Group or any other activity of the project (February 2012- Brasov, Romania)- deliverable no. 16.

Further deliverables for 2012: None.

Workpackage No. 4:

Dissemination (led for University FAN S. NOLI of Korce)

•Deliverable No. 18 Public Presentation of the Project held in the Partner country institutions (January 2012)

Further deliverables for 2012

Deliverable No. 20: Promotion of the IL Program (October 2012)

Thank you!

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Progress Report from

Jerald Cavanagh

the Tempus Project Leader & PMC Chair.

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Workpackage No. 5:

Exploitation (led by University of Bihać)

No deliverables for 2012

Deliverables to the end of the Project:

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Further deliverables to the end of the project:

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Further deliverables to the end of the project:

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Further deliverables to the end of the project:

Important dates:

At Brasov meeting the following important dates were identified:

Before the End of April 2012 a complete printed draft of Information Literacy (IL) Syllabus & Curricula, and a printed manual of the Online IL Module should be made available and these will reach all the high level persons in the partner institutions - Rectors, Deans, Head's of Departments, for their information and comments on or before this date.

The EU partners in the project will be largely involved in making these drafts available and they may seek feedback from the partner institutions from time to time.

From 1st May 2012 to 31st December 2012 each partner institution will have this time to approve in greater detail the various IL initiatives in their Institution.

From 1st January 2013 to 1st September 2013- this time should be used to plan the actual implementation of the IL programs at each partner Institution- the Coordination, Timetabling, Promotion, Physical execution and integration into courses and structures at your Institution. (Deliverables No. 13 & 14)

September 2013 onwards will see the formal implementation and rollout of the IL programs in partner institutions- physical execution of the IL programs.

(Deliverables No. 13 & 14)

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.... Workpackage No. 2:

Development (led by Transylvania University of Brasov) - continued from previous slide

“Current IL activities in partner institutions ascertained at Didactic Working Group/Information Literacy Modules Working Group in Brasov, Romania.

IL modules reviewed and recommendations from Western Balkans institutions as to which IL modules to be implemented made at Brasov meeting.

(Deliverables No. 11 & 12)

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Workpackage No. 2:

Development (led by Transylvania University of Brasov)

• Tempus needs analysis designed and distributed (in December 2011- Deliverable No. 4)

• IL course syllabus designed and distributed (in December 2011- Deliverable No. 4)

• Development of Innovative IL Modules (Commenced at Kick Off Meeting, Limerick November 2011. Process for identifying suitable IL modules identified - Deliverable No. 11.

• 'Report for Guidelines for planning IL Programs' drafted and circulated to all partners (March 2012). Agreement on the guidelines expected March 2012. (Deliverable No. 3)

• Processes for defining IL program harmonised contents identified (November 2011). (Deliverable No. 5) Submissions for report on Defining IL program harmonised contents requested by the Scientific Working Group Chair (November 2012). Report on defining IL program harmonised contents drafted (March 2012). Circulation and agreement expected early April 2012 (Deliverable No. 5).

• Approval of Guidelines and IL programs expected March/April 2012 (Deliverable no. 15).

• IL module Information Literacy Workshop/Meeting held in Partner institutions. (January/February 2012) (Deliverables No. 11 & 12)

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Update on Workpackages:

Workpackage No. 1:

Management (led by Limerick Institute of Technology)

•Project Kick Off Meeting held Limerick November 2011 (Deliverables No. 1 & 2)

•Financial and other reporting procedures agreed and arranged (Deliverables No’s 1 & 2).

•Management structures put in place (Project Management Committee, Didactic Working Group, Scientific Working Group, Information Literacy Training Working Group, Information Literacy Module Working Group) November 2011 (Deliverables No. 1 & 2).

•Consortium Agreement (Agreed at Kick Off Meeting Limerick November 2011). Signed November, December, January, February 2012)

•Amendment to the Consortium Agreement (arising from request from University of Crete (Agreed February 2012).

•Formation of the Evaluation Working Group (EWG) - Brasov 28 February to 2 March 2012.

Further deliverables for Year 2012: No further deliverables.

Further Deliverable to the end of the Project: None

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If customisation is required costs can sometimes apply. All communication between the owners of the modules and the Project will be handled by the Coordinator.

Each Partner Institution was asked to review these modules and make recommendations about which are most suitable for your Institutions needs

Each Partner Institution had to ascertain 3 things prior to the ILMWG meeting in Brasov (Feb. 2012)

1. Is the resource suitable for your institutions needs?

2. Does it need customisation/modifications?

3. If it does need customisation/modification what exactly is required?

Regarding modification/customisation of these modules to suit the needs of Partner Institution - as pointed out at the ILMWG meeting in Limerick - minimum modification is advised- enough to make the modules specific to your institution.

Customisation and Modification should not try to go down to the level of Department or course as this would not be practical

Information Literacy is a generic transferable skill in the same way that “Information Technology” is hence it transcends all academic disciplines.

Also regarding use and modification of the modules - this is at the discretion of the owners of the modules - if modifications/special usage is required then permission is sought from the owners of the modules.

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As agreed at 1st ILMWG meeting in Limerick- list of IL modules sent to ILMWG members January 2012- to be reviewed by each partner institution.

As was emphasised at the Project Kick Off Meeting in Limerick at various Working Group meetings there are many Information Literacy Modules in existence but as has been discovered by LIT- the Coordinator, from previous management of information literacy projects  only 2-3 of these models are innovative, up to date and of real quality.

Online Information Literacy Module Development Process

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An example of the criteria used by the institutions:

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Newer Innovative Modules rich in Multimedia/Active Learning.

• Information Literacy Tutorial developed by Cranfield University, United Kingdom http://info-lit.shrivenham.cranfield.ac.uk/index.html   this is a 9 module online course aimed primarily at Undergraduate students.

• www.informationliteracy.ie  developed by Trinity College Dublin, National University of Ireland Galway, University College Cork. Aimed at higher level- Postgraduates with some content suitable for Undergraduates.

• Partner Institutions were asked to report on these three questions at this meeting in Brasov as well as on the processes they used to come to their recommendation.

• The institutions were advised when reviewing the modules that it is best to use some kind of criteria and rank preferences in order of preference - with the resource they consider best listed first.

• The first 3 listed below - the Information Literacy Tutorial from Cranfield University, United Kingdom, Research Skills Online from Epigeum Ltd, London United Kingdom and www.informationliteracy.ie from Ireland are particularly innovative and fresh with innovative use of online video featuring in some cases leading academics (see Research Skills Online) working in their respective fields with opportunities for active learning embedded within the courses.

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IL modules reviewed by the Partner Institutions January/February 2012.

In one case - Research Skills Online from Epigeum Ltd is not feely available on the WWW and a Username and Password is required.

In all cases bar one, these modules are at present freely available on the World Wide Web and all we are doing is pointing partner institutions towards them.

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Older more Text-based Modules

• PILOT- developed by Queensland University of Technology,Australia. https://pilot.library.qut.edu.au/index.jsp

• Texas Information Literacy Tutorial  http://tilt.library.skagit.edu/ developed by University of Texas, United States.

• OASIS- San Francisco State University http://oasis.sfsu.edu/ United States

Epigeum Research Skills Online - arguably the most sophisticated Research/Information Skills resource available- has entire online courses on topics such as Referencing citation and plagiarism, Research methods, Doing a literature review among many others. Aimed at Postgraduate/PhD with some content aimed at Undergraduates. At the end of each module there are opportunities for self-assessment and the resources are highly innovative with excellent use of online video. 

See this link http://researchskills.epigeum.com/

• INFOSKILLS http://www.newcastle.edu.au/Resources/Divisions/Academic/Library/information-skills/infoskills/index.html  developed by the University of Newcastle Australia.

• EMPOWER- Wichita State University Libraries United States http://library.wichita.edu/empower/