Information Literacy in Employability Training: The Experience of Inverclyde Libraries

Autor/inn/en	Crawford, John; Irving, Christine
Titel	Information Literacy in Employability Training: The Experience of Inverclyde Libraries
Quelle	In: Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 44 (2012) 2, S.79-89 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0961-0006
DOI	10.1177/0961000611436096
Schlagwörter	Employment Potential; Course Content; Libraries; Foreign Countries; Information Literacy; Family Influence; Social Development; Vocational Education; Training; Information Technology; Interviews; Lifelong Learning; Public Libraries; Internet; Library Services; Library Science; Biographies; Comparative Analysis; Evaluation; Librarians; United Kingdom (Scotland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Kursprogramm; Library; Bibliothek; Ausland; Informationskompetenz; Soziale Entwicklung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Informationstechnologie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Public library; Stadtbücherei; Öffentliche Bibliothek; Bibliotheksarbeit; Bibliothekswissenschaft; Biography; Biografie; Biographie; Evaluierung; Librarian; Bibliothekar; Bibliothekarin
Abstract	The study is an evaluation of an employability training programme provided by Inverclyde Libraries in West Central Scotland and the role of information literacy within the training programme. Inverclyde is an area with high unemployment and pockets of multiple deprivation. Modern, applicable skills are also lacking. The findings are based on interviews with five learners and also one with an adult literacies tutor. The interviews were conducted in August 2009 and a Learning Life Histories methodology was used. Interviewees had mainly previously worked in the service industries and none had post-school qualifications, despite which all the interviewees were highly motivated. Information literacy was found to between 30% and 60% of course content depending on learner needs. Family influence was found to be the main motivation to enrol on the course and the learners sought personal social development as well as employability skills. There was found to be a lack of appropriate, relevant training materials and a lack of collaboration between the LIS sector and Community Learning and Development in developing them. The article concludes with a number of recommendations including the need to improve recruitment and course scheduling and planning. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10