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Information Literacy (IL) Approach in Turkey

Information Literacy (IL) Approach in Turkey. İpek Şencan, Deniz Ermişoğlu , Hakan Dikbaş, Melisa Gelbal & Meriç Dirik. { ipeksencan , deniz08 }@ hacettepe.edu.tr, hkn_dkbs @hotmail.com, { melisagelbal , mericdirik }@gmail.com.

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Information Literacy (IL) Approach in Turkey

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  1. Information Literacy (IL) Approach in Turkey İpek Şencan, Deniz Ermişoğlu, Hakan Dikbaş, Melisa Gelbal & Meriç Dirik {ipeksencan, deniz08}@hacettepe.edu.tr, hkn_dkbs@hotmail.com, {melisagelbal, mericdirik}@gmail.com BOBCATSSS 2013, 23-25 January 2013, Ankara, Turkey

  2. Outline • Information Literacy (IL) - Definition anddevelopment • Information Literacy (IL) in Turkey • GovernmentPolicies - TÜSİAD Report - VIII. Five-Year Development Plan - TheCouncil of HigherEducation - Republicof TurkeyMinistry of NationalEducation • Libraries - School Libraries - Public Libraries - University Libraries • Conclusion • Suggestions BOBCATSSS 2013, 23-25 January 2013, Ankara, Turkey

  3. Information Literacy (IL) Zurkowski’sdefinition: “People trained in the application of information resources to their work can be called information literates. They have learned techniques and skills for utilizing the wide range of information tools as well as primary sources in moldinginformation-solutions to their problems.” BOBCATSSS 2013, 23-25 January 2013, Ankara, Turkey

  4. Information Literacy (IL) • IL concept wasemergedby Paul Zurkowskiin 1974. • Usage of IL concept gradually became widespread. • The USA, New Zeland, Australia, Canada and England. • In Turkey, this concept took part in the literature relatively later than the world. BOBCATSSS 2013, 23-25 January 2013, Ankara, Turkey

  5. Information Literacy (IL) InTurkey - Governmentpolicies - Libraries BOBCATSSS 2013, 23-25 January 2013, Ankara, Turkey

  6. GovernmentPolicies BOBCATSSS 2013, 23-25 January 2013, Ankara, Turkey

  7. TÜSİAD Report • Terms of growing competent people. • Lifelong learning emphasis. BOBCATSSS 2013, 23-25 January 2013, Ankara, Turkey

  8. VIII. Five-Year Development Plan Information Technology and Policies: Special Expertise Commission Report. BOBCATSSS 2013, 23-25 January 2013, Ankara, Turkey

  9. TheCouncil of HigherEducationandRepublicof TurkeyMinistry of NationalEducation • Developingand implementing policies devoted to IL. • Havenot any exact policy about IL yet. BOBCATSSS 2013, 23-25 January 2013, Ankara, Turkey

  10. Republic of TurkeyMinistry of NationalEducation • Responsibilityfor gaining core IL abilities to the primary, secondary and high school students. • AddingIL courses to the curricula. • Information Retrieval and Searching Techniques. BOBCATSSS 2013, 23-25 January 2013, Ankara, Turkey

  11. TheCouncil of HigherEducation • Criticalrole, especially for creating awareness, teacher education, training other university students about IL. • Severaluniversitieshave some training modules only for teacher education about IL. BOBCATSSS 2013, 23-25 January 2013, Ankara, Turkey

  12. Libraries BOBCATSSS 2013, 23-25 January 2013, Ankara, Turkey

  13. School Libraries • TedCollege • Bilkent Private High School • ILIPG (Innovative Library Initiatives Promotion Group) BOBCATSSS 2013, 23-25 January 2013, Ankara, Turkey

  14. Public Libraries • Noany item about IL in Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism “Public and Children Libraries Regulations” (Ersoy and Yılmaz, 2009, p. 812). • Insufficientnumber of librarians. BOBCATSSS 2013, 23-25 January 2013, Ankara, Turkey

  15. UniversityLibraries • Bilkent University Library • Koç University SunaKıraç Library • Hacettepe University Library BOBCATSSS 2013, 23-25 January 2013, Ankara, Turkey

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  18. Conclusion Thestate of IL in Turkey; • The IL practisesarequite a fewandinsufficient. • There is still not anyexactpolicyabout IL. • No particularpolicybyThe Council of Higher EducationandThe Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. • Thelack of libraries. • Not anyparticularIL application in publiclibraries . • Not anyexact IL trainingprogram ormodule in most of theuniversitylibraries. • Thelack of cooperation. BOBCATSSS 2013, 23-25 January 2013, Ankara, Turkey

  19. Suggestions • Need of education in an earlyage. • IL traniningmust be thepart of thecoreeducation. • Certaintrainingprogramsandactivites. • The role of publiclibrary is important. • IL coursesforteachers. • Universitylibrariesshouldhave IL trainingmodules. • Libraries should be providedforallschoolsactivitiesthroughcooperation. • Cooperationbetweenpublicandprivateinstitutions. • Impoving IL projectstocreateawarenessandenhancethe IL levels of individuals. BOBCATSSS 2013, 23-25 January 2013, Ankara, Turkey

  20. Information Literacy(IL) Approach in Turkey İpek Şencan, Deniz Ermişoğlu, Hakan Dikbaş, Melisa Gelbal & Meriç Dirik {ipeksencan, deniz08}@hacettepe.edu.tr, hkn_dkbs@hotmail.com, {melisagelbal, mericdirik}@gmail.com BOBCATSSS 2013, 23-25 January 2013, Ankara, Turkey

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