Modelling information literacy from a lifelong learning perspective

It has been all go for me of late. I submitted a proposal to Edinburgh Napier University to do a PhD by Published Works drawing upon my research and development work on information literacy and lifelong learning undertaken between 2004 and 2010 as part of the Scottish Information Literacy Project (2004-2010), and which now continues with this Information Literacy Community of Practice The right information: information skills for a 21st century Scotland. Following a rigorous process, my proposal was considered at faculty level, I was intereviewd and then my proposal was considered at university level. Happily the outcome was successfull.  

I am now a PhD student currently working on a thesis, provisionally entitled The development of a model of information literacy from a lifelong learning perspective, for the award of PhD by Published Works. My PhD is on a part time basis and I'm required to submit a 25,000 word thesis by September 2015. It is a daunting thought but exciting too and I'm really lucky to have Hazel Hall as my Director of Studies, and Dr Alison Brettle of the University of Salford as my second supervisor. 

See Hazel's blog posting about me also about Iris Buunk and John Mowbray, two new research students within the same research centre (CSI):

• Modelling information literacy from a lifelong learning perspective: new work by Christine Irving 

• Two new doctoral studies related to LIS and social media 

I'm still a part-time Research Fellow in the Centre for Social Informatics (CSI) at Edinburgh Napier University, and  currently part of a Mapping the workforce: library, archives, records, information, and knowledge management professions in the UK. This is a 1-year contract funded by The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) and the Archives and Records Association (ARA) in August 2014.  

I'll try and keep you up-to-date with my progress.