New articles: Use of AI; faculty development; upkilling with systematic reviews; guided inquiry; reflection; mis- and disinformation; open source communities

The latest issue (vol 20 issue 1) of the open access Journal of Information Literacy includes
- Critical thinking, disillusion, and dissent: Information literacy in a refused knowledge information landscape by Madelene Logren 
- The anatomy of collaborative open-source software development: A practice-based view on how open-source communities work by Renesa Tamannum, José Apolinário Teixeira , Gunilla Widén 
- Disinformation and gender issues: A study with young people from Salvador and Porto Alegre (Brazil) by Daniela Silva, Ana Cristina Prates, Josiene da Silva Niesciur 
- Digital literacy challenges in higher education: Information literacy in the face of misinformation by José G Casas-Puente 
- Information and digital literacy at school: A BRIDGE between critical thinking and equality values by Dora Sales, Christina Banou, Mara Morelli, Anna Antoniazzi, İpek Şencan, Serap Kurbanoğlu, Heidi Enwald, Noora Hirvonen, Stéphane Goldstein, Sarah Pavey, Konstantina Martzoukou, Petros Kostagiolas 
- Guided inquiry design for online information literacy media by Nove E Variant Anna, Miyarso Dwi Ajie, Piyapat Jarusawat, Yollanda Nundy Alshafa 
- Teacher, trainer, or facilitator? by Katie Smith, Jessica Waite 
- From one-shots to assignment design: Developing a library-led faculty development program by Nathaniel King, Alena Manjuck, Yvonne Tran 
- Subject librarian reflections on upskilling to support staff and students with systematic reviews: Our experience at UWE Bristol by Hannah Poore, Philip O'Shaughnessy 
- Promoting reflection by students on their use of information by Andrew K. Shenton 
- Articulating generative AI information literacy competencies: An ACRL Framework–driven model for academic libraries by Ladislava Khailova, Melissa Netzband Wathen , Melissa Jones 
- Adding a simple log to in-text citations to strengthen information literacy and argumentation while blocking casual misuse of generative AI by Peter Tamas, Leonie Kamminga 
plus book reviews and two reports on the 2026 LILAC conference (by Jane Pothecary and Tom Cross) 
Go to https://journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/issue/view/58 
Photo by Sheila Webber: spring roses, May 2026

New articles: Dictionary literacy; enhancing student information literacy; IL and project work

Bothma, T.J.D. and Fourie, I. (2024). Contextualised dictionary literacy, information literacy and information behaviour in the e-environment. Library Management, [early online publication] https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-08-2023-0082
Basing their discussion on a scoping review of the literature, the authors focus on "the importance of e-dictionaries, the meanings of information literacy and dictionary literacy, the complexity of e-dictionary literacy, the recognition of the importance of context in using dictionaries from an information behaviour perspective, examples of the use of dictionaries, and taking into account both the context of the user and the context in which the specific word or phrase occurs in a text, as well as the skills needed" 

Prabowo, T.T., Sitthiworachart, J., Hong, J.C. and Joy, M. (2024). Problem-based learning with library e-resources to enhance student information literacy self-efficacy. Library Management, 45(8/9), 564-580. https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-07-2023-0061
They investigated "the effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL) in information literacy curricula using library e-resources to enhance information literacy self-efficacy (ILSE) of students in two universities in Indonesia, in Java Island (University A) and Sumatra Island (University B)" through pre and post tests. "The results show that the treatment enhanced ILSE effectively. After the treatment, University A students [who had received the teaching] performed better than those at University B [who hadn't received the teaching]." 

Albarracin Aparicio, R. A., & Boitano Montaño, S. D. (2024). Alfabetización informacional y calidad de proyectos de investigación en Escuela ISIL (Lima, Perú). Investigación Bibliotecológica: Archivonomía, bibliotecología E información, 38(101), 73–90. https://doi.org/10.22201/iibi.24488321xe.2024.101.58883 (Spanish language)
This was a quasi experimental study that aimed to show the impact of information literacy education on the quality of project work, undertaken in Peru
Photo by Sheila Webber: autumn leaves on cars, 3, November 2024

MIL Hackathon winners

An article on the UNESCO website reports on the results of a Media and Information Literacy hackathon that took place in Indonesia in December 2023. It was part of a project Social Media 4 Peace and the hackathon was co-sponsored by UNESCO and the Nakara Foundation.
"49 people representing 5 media and 5 university teams from Bandung, Indramayu, Jakarta, Manado, Malang, Solo, and Sukabumi were selected to be the ten finalists competing in two categories of the hackathon – one for media and one for university students."
The media category was won by Tagih Janji (Bail the Promises) by ZonaUtara.com, North Sulawesi. Tagih Janji doesn't appear to be still available (there is a link in the UNESCO article but it is dead). However there is a display of screenshots from entrants I found at https://nakara.odoo.com/hackathon-display
The winner of the student category was a chrome extension, AI Hoax Buster, created by a team from the Islamic University of Raden Rahmat (UNIRA), Malang.
More details at https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unesco-welcomes-winners-media-and-information-literacy-hackathon-indonesia-pathway-peaceful-polls
Photo by Sheila Webber: trees in the botanic gardens, February 2024

Recent articles: disinformation, infodemics and COVID19; reporters' information practices; information encountering

First a few from the priced publication Online Information Review:
(Early online publication) Information sources, practices and barriers: a situated and context-bound model of Pakistani electronic media reporters by Tauseef Hussain, Syeda Hina Batool, Amara Malik, Syed Waqas Hussain, Khalid Mahmood https://doi.org/10.1108/OIR-07-2020-0308
(Early online publication) A cross-national diagnosis of infodemics: comparing the topical and temporal features of misinformation around COVID-19 in China, India, the US, Germany and France by Jing Zeng, Chung-hong Chan https://doi.org/10.1108/OIR-09-2020-0417
In the most recent "published" issue Online Information Review, Volume 45 Issue 1
- Research information encountering and keeping behaviour of post-graduate students of social sciences in an online environment by Waqar Ahmad Awan, Kanwal Ameen, Saira Hanif Soroya
- User motivation in fake news sharing during the COVID-19 pandemic: an application of the uses and gratification theory by Oberiri Destiny Apuke, Bahiyah Omar

In the open access journal Indonesian Journal of Science and Technology (vol. 5 issue 2): Students’ Intention to Share Information Via Social Media: A Case Study of Covid-19 Pandemic by Suhaizal Hashim, Alias Masek, Nurhanim Saadah Abdullah, Aini Nazura Paimin, Wan Hanim Nadrah Wan Muda https://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/ijost/article/view/24586

Photo by Sheila Webber: broom in flower, February 2021

Papers from #wlic2018 : Green literacy; social networking; Refugees; infolit for rural communities

I won't be attending the World Library and Information Conference (WLIC, the IFLA conference) this year, but as usual I, and everyone else, can make use of the valuable library of full-text papers from the conference. Also as usual, most of them are already uploaded and available. The conference covers a huge range of librarianship and information subjects, from around the world. I will present links to the full text papers related to information literacy and information behaviour in two blog posts: here are the first items. If you are going to WLIC - 24 to 30 August 2018 - you will of course be able to attend the talks themselves.
- WIOROGÓRSKA, Zuzanna (2018) Information literacy of undergraduate Vietnamese students viewed from the perspective of cultural context. Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2018 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Transform Libraries, Transform Societies in Session 116 - Library Theory and Research with Information Literacy. http://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/2153
- HAUKE, Petra (2018) From Information Literacy to Green Literacy: Training Librarians as Trainers for Sustainability Literacy. Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2018 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Transform Libraries, Transform Societies in Session 116 - Library Theory and Research with Information Literacy. http://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/2147
- OBODORUKU, Benedicta (2018) Refugees’ Information Seeking in Nyarugusu Camp, Tanzania. Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2018 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Transform Libraries, Transform Societies in Session 137 - Africa. http://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/2139
- IBRAHIM, Yazid and AB. RASHID, Zuliana (2018) Making This World A Better Place through Information Literacy: In4skill Campaign for Rural Communities. Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2018 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Transform Libraries, Transform Societies in Session 116 - Library Theory and Research with Information Literacy. http://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/2148
- FADELINA, Raisa (2018) Instagram as a media to get information: a case study at Grhatama Pustaka Special Region of Yogyakarta. Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2018 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Transform Libraries, Transform Societies in Session 126 - Joint Division I and Division IV. http://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/2119
- MUNSHI, Shamim Aktar (2018) Social Networking Sites, the Lifeline among the Students and Librarians: Information Needs, Marketing and Promotion. Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2018 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Transform Libraries, Transform Societies in Session 126 - Joint Division I and Division IV. http://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/2125
- WALSH, Benjamin (2018) Public library and private space: Homeless queer youth navigating information access and identity in Toronto. Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2018 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Transform Libraries, Transform Societies in Session 114 - Metropolitan Libraries. http://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/2144
Photo by Sheila Webber: Palace Pier, Brighton, July 2018

Recent school-related articles: information production; motivation / Uganda; Wikipedia; Indonesian IL model

- Forte, A. (2015). The new information literate: Open collaboration and information production in schools. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 10, 35–51. Preprint: http://ijcscl.org/download.php?file=forte_10_1.pdf&path=_preprints/volume10_issue1
"In a series of qualitative studies, I examined high school students’ information assessment practices as they helped build a collaborative online information source. I identified two types of strategies for assessing information sources: first-order strategies involve adopting known heuristics for assessing sources whereas second-order strategies involve reflective construction of standards based on students’ understanding of how information is produced and the tasks in which they are engaged."

- Crow, S. (2015). The information-seeking behavior of intrinsically motivated elementary school children of a collectivist culture. School Library Research, 18. http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/slr/vol18/SLR_InformationSeekingBehavior_V18.pdf "The basic research question addressed is: “What are the experiences in the lives of upper elementary-aged Ugandan children that foster an intrinsic motivation to seek information?” A secondary question is also addressed: “How do the experiences of students from a collectivist culture (Kampala, Uganda) who are intrinsically motivated to seek information compare and contrast with the experiences of similarly aged students from an individualistic culture (Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.)?”

- Stinson, A. (2015, October 7). Librarian as Teacher: Ways to use Wikipedia. http://interlibnet.org/2015/10/07/librarian-as-teacher-ways-to-use-wikipedia/

- George, H. C. (2015). POLA LISA: An Information Literacy Model for National Curriculum-based Schools in Indonesia. http://www.consalxvi.org/sites/default/files/8-Hanna%20Chaterina%20George.pdf
Photo by Sheila Webber: Kehrwider cafe, Tallinn, October 2015

Development of a madrasah library model for information literacy

A talk on the Development of a madrasah library model for the implementation of information literacy from Sri Rohyanti Zulaikha and Nurdin Laugu was next at the first day of the IFLA Satellite meeting on Information Literacy and reference services .
This was an example from Indonesia. Creating a foundation for Lifelong Learning is a core program in a Madrasah library (which has a community role, not just for school pupils). However, the libraries have problems in terms of out of date collections, lack of collaboration between teachers, head teachers and librarians, and the students' lack of skill. Three State Islamic High Schools (MANs) were studied. The researchers used the Big Six model, which is used in private schools in Jakarta, but not so much in public-sector schools. Pupils at each of the schools were asked questions based on each of the Big Six elements. It emerged that some of the elements in the Big Six were being covered, but not as part of a holistic approach to Information Literacy. In all three schools, most attention was paid to the "Evaluation" step in the Big Six. The elements with least attention were search strategy in two of the schools and usage in one school. One of the schools had the highest score. It was found that in this school there was a "Developing critical thinking and reading" module, which aimed to improve the students' curiosity. One of the resulting conclusions was "the need for local content subjects which help develop a holistic program" to develop reading and information skills.