Aims and Planned Outcomes

Aims

• Generally – to promote the understanding and development of information literacy in all education sectors, in the workplace, the home and the wider community primarily in Scotland but also elsewhere
• To attract and work with partners in secondary and tertiary education, the world of work and the wider community
• To work primarily within the Scottish educational system but also to work with interested parties UK wide and abroad
• To work with relevant non governmental agencies such as Learning and Teaching Scotland,  the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework, learndirect scotland and professional bodies such as CILIP, SCURL, SCONUL
• To contribute to Glasgow Caledonian University’s (GCU) employability and development agenda and contribute to the development of GCU’s IT training strategy into an integrated strategy which combines IT and information literacy training 
• To research the role and importance of  information literacy in the workplace both in the public and corporate sectors and work with partners in these areas
• To research the role and importance of  information literacy in continuing professional development (CPD)
• To engage in information literacy advocacy through all available channels and opportunities such as the Scottish Parliament and Executive, relevant NGO’s and the educational and information media
• To develop links with agencies in other countries undertaking information literacy advocacy
• To identify barriers and constraints on the development of information literacy policies in Scotland and elsewhere

Planned Outcomes

• A piloted and tested (Scottish) National Information Literacy Framework
• An I-Skills framework for Glasgow Caledonian University
• Working relationships developed with a range of partners
• Studies in the role of information literacy in the workplace undertaken which examine both the public and corporate sectors and identify any differences between the two sectors
• An identified role  for information literacy in continuing professional development (CPD)
• Raised  profile of information literacy in Scotland