[Lib-helig-l] New book - Information Literacy and Cultural Heritage - developing a model for lifelong learning

Dear colleagues,

The book: "Information Literacy and Cultural Heritage: developing a model for lifelong learning" is now published and available. 

If anyone is interested to read about the influences (arising from my involvement with IFLA for the period 2003 - 2011), which shaped the ideas in this book, I wrote a blog post about that here: 

http://kimbakercapetown.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/how-my-involvement-with-ifla-shaped-the-ideas-in-my-book/

In summary, the book is about how museums, archives and libraries can converge and combine to bring their collections (whether material or digital) alive to the general public in a context of free choice, lifelong learning.  Courses can be delivered to teach both information literacy skills, and awareness of cultural heritage, as well as tolerance of different worldviews at the same time, and it can be FUN. This speaks to the need to go beyond providing mere access, and suggests a way for museums, archives and libraries to provide a valuable educational and inspirational service to society.

On the surface, the approaches of information literacy, and cultural heritage appear to be opposed, and yet the overview of the main theoretical and academic trends of thought in the areas explored in the first parts of the book revealed that a dialectical synthesis was possible.

The proposed model is generic, and contextually fluid, able to be adapted and modified and updated when necessary according to different local contexts, and also rapidly developing changes in the various fields. It takes into account that two thirds of the world's population do not yet have internet access, and also takes into account the high access levels of most of the developed world.

There is a chapter on how to adapt the model to differing regional contexts, offering some guidelines and suggested methodologies to effectively achieve this on the practical, "on the ground" level, before concluding and offering a way forward.

The list of Contents is as follows:

List of figures and table 

List of abbreviations 

Acknowledgements 

About the author 

Introduction 

1 Exploring cultural heritage in the context of museums, archives and libraries 

Definitions and concepts 

The role of memory and contested history in cultural heritage 

Perspectives from museums 

Perspectives from archives 

Perspectives from libraries 

Concluding comments 

2 Cultural heritage within digital information contexts 

Overview of the contexts of digital information 

The digital divide and moral rights to cultural heritage 

Social responses in the digital world 

Concluding comments 

3 Overview of information literacy models in the library context 

Definitions and concepts 

Models of information literacy stages and processes 

Models of information literacy standards, competencies and performance indicators 

Concluding comments 

4 Critical thinking and lifelong learning 

The role of critical thinking and lifelong learning 

Critical thinking skills and cultural sensitivities 

Lifelong learning and learning styles 

Concluding comments 

5 Information literacy and cultural heritage: a proposed generic model for lifelong learning 

Summary of key factors in the development of the model 

A generic model of information literacy and cultural heritage for lifelong learning 

Concluding comments 

6 Guidelines for adapting the generic Information Literacy and Cultural Heritage Model for Lifelong Learning to local contexts 

Suggested methodology and research design for adapting the model to local contexts 

Factors to consider in adapting the model 

Applying the model: designing training courses based on the model 

Reviewing, evaluating and revising the model and training courses 

Concluding comments 

7 Conclusion: summary observations and a way forward 

Appendix 1: sample survey of patrons of museums, archives and libraries 

Appendix 2: sample interview schedule, June–July 2013

Bibliography 

Index

Woodhead Publishing Limited (Incorporating Chandos Publishing)

© 2013 Woodhead Publishing Limited
Woodhead Publishing Limited, 80 High Street, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3HJ, UK

ISBN 1 84334 720 2
ISBN-13: 978 1 84334 720 0
March 2013
226 pages  234 x 156mm  paperback  

The link for ordering and more information:  http://www.woodheadpublishing.com/en/book.aspx?bookID=2853&ChandosTitle=1

Best regards,

Kim

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MPhil candidate: LISC, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Blog:     http://kimbakercapetown.wordpress.com/

Twitter: iKbaker

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