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Using Participatory Design To Develop Strategies For The Library’S Information Literacy Program, Veronica Wells
Using Participatory Design To Develop Strategies For The Library’S Information Literacy Program, Veronica Wells
University Libraries Librarian and Staff Presentations
Aim
Advocating for the importance of information literacy within our institutions of higher education can be difficult when budget cuts, challenges with student enrollments and retention, and other competing priorities are at the forefront of our faculty, staff, and students’ minds. How do we get the attention of our stakeholders and how do we get their input? At the University of the Pacific, we adopted a participatory design approach, which actively seeks to involve all stakeholders, to inform them about the results of the SAILS Test and to gather feedback on their perceptions of information literacy.
Methods
Librarians at the …