Current research projects
The Scottish Information Literacy Project: working with partners to create an information literate Scotland: working with partners to create an information literate Scotland is an innovative national pilot to develop an information literacy framework with secondary and tertiary partners which, at the end of the project, can be rolled out to other participants. This is ongoing research based at Glasgow Caledonian University.
Robert Gordon University’s Information Literacy Research section outines the research projects the Department of Information management are currently carrying out in the area of information and ICT literacy.
Project Information Literacy (PIL) is
particularly interested in studying "early adults" (i.e., undergraduates) and their information-seeking behaviors and
competencies, as well as the challenges they face with scholarly and
"everyday research" (e.g., health and wellness, finance and commerce,
news, and politics or policy). The sample will draw from a number of
different community colleges, public colleges and universities, and
private colleges and universities. Research activities will include conducting student
discussion groups on six U.S. campuses and administering a student
survey at three U.S. campuses next spring. PIL will also host a
research symposium PIL early next year at University of Washington's
iSchool (where PIL is based) to share and discuss some of the
preliminary findings from the student discussion groups. If you are
interested in receiving updates about the symposium, you can sign up at
http://projectinfolit.org/symposium/
This page was updated by the CSG Information Literacy Group, 26th September 2008.