The promotion of information literacy is a standard task in many university libraries in Germany and an important part of their range of services. Ten years ago, the German Rectors’ Conference (2012) called in its resolution “Higher education institutions in a digital age: rethinking information competency – redirecting processes” for standardizing the teaching of information literacy and changing structures to strengthen information literacy within the framework of internal university governance. This contribution analyzes which organizational structures libraries have set up to teach information literacy and which standards they use. I will present the results of a survey that will provide answers to two main questions:
- Was a a library department, a working group, or individuals responsible for teaching information literacy? and,
- Which tasks are carried out and which management structures exist in libraries for teaching information literacy?
It became clear that no organizational model has prevailed in Germany to date and that many libraries work with in-house standards or without any standardized specifications at all.
The contribution discusses which form of IL governance the teaching librarians saw as successful and which organizational and management structures they considered sensible. Finally, I will discuss successes and failures, opportunities and challenges of the various models.
References
- German Rectors’ Conference. (2012). Higher education institutions in a digital age: rethinking information competency – redirecting processes. Retrieved February 15, 2017 from https://www.hrk.de/resolutions-publications/resolutions/beschluss/detail/higher-education-institutions-in-a-digital-age-rethinking-information-competency-redirecting-proc/
Fabian Franke
University Library Bamberg, Germany
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