Complementary Information Literacy Training Practices in University Teaching and Academic Libraries

Corrado Petrucco and Massimo Ferrante
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Corrado Petrucco: Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Massimo Ferrante: Philosophy Library of the University of Padua, Padua, Italy

International Journal of Digital Literacy and Digital Competence (IJDLDC), 2018, vol. 9, issue 3, 27-38

Abstract: Students now have information processing behaviors characterized by rapid shifts in attention, less reflection and failure to deploy metacognitive processes, preferring activities that bring immediate rewards for their information needs, even if the quality of the information they obtain is low. Consequently, they run into significant difficulties in the selection and critical evaluation of the information they find during university learning activities. This article presents two information literacy training initiatives addressing these issues at the University of Padova (Italy): one in a course in educational technologies offered as part of a second-cycle degree program, and the other in two of the university library system's training facilities. The training workshops sought to be complementary, covering both the search engine and the library OPAC approach to information seeking.

Date: 2018
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