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InfoLit Standards

Wits InfoLit programmes are offered within the framework of national and international standards as listed below.

• South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)
Wits Index of Faculty Qualifications ALA/ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education Australian and New Zealand Information Literacy Framework National Forum on Information Literacy: The Nine Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning

InfoLit Articles

This is a collection of full text articles and reports on InfoLit in South Africa and beyond.

InfoLit in South Africa

• de Jager, K., Nassimben, M. (2002). Institutionalizing information literacy in tertiary education: lessons learned from South African programs. Library Trends, Fall .
• Underwood, P.G. (2002).
South Africa: a case study in development through information literacy.
• de Jager, K. & Nassimbeni, M. (2002).
Can they and do they? Exploring information literacy tuition in South African tertiary institutions.
• Zinn, S. (2000).
Information literacy in South Africa: making strides with information and communication technology.
• Rader, H.B. (2002).
Information literacy: an emerging global priority.
• Walker , C.M. (1999).
Information skills for democracy: an empirical account. LIASA Conference paper. 13 December 2005.

InfoLit elsewhere

The article, Lorenzen, M. (2004). Library instruction outside of North America in the 20th century gives an overview of information literacy outside North America. The articles in the following sections cover information literacy in the USA, Australia and New Zealand, and the UK. You can access t he full text of the articles below through the databases at the Wits Library web site and from the Web.

USA

• Hollister, C. V. and Jarvis. H. W. (2005). "Expanding library instruction to the web portal."  Academic Exchange Quarterly , 9 (2) . Thomson Gale. University of the Witwatersrand. 28 November 2005
• Jabro, A. and Corinth, J. (2005). "
Crisis in information literacy."  Academic Exchange Quarterly, 9 (2) . Thomson Gale. University of the Witwatersrand. 28 November 2005
• Russo, M. F. (2004)."
All things being equal: classroom vs. web."  Academic Exchange Quarterly, 8 (4) . Thomson Gale. University of the Witwatersrand. 28 November 2005
• Matthies, B. (2004). "
The road to faculty-librarian collaboration." Academic Exchange Quarterly, 8 (4) . Thomson Gale. University of the Witwatersrand. 28 November 2005
• Paterson, S. F. and White, C. B. (2004). "
A collaborative approach to information literacy." Academic Exchange Quarterly, 8 (4) . Thomson Gale. University of the Witwatersrand. 28 November 2005
• Davis, C. M. and McGill, R. (2004). "
Working together: librarian-faculty partnerships." Academic Exchange Quarterly, 8 (4) . Thomson Gale. University of the Witwatersrand. 28 November 2005
• Mizrachi, D. (2004). "
Information literacy in sociology at UCLA.(University of California Los Angeles)." Academic Exchange Quarterly, 8 (4) . Thomson Gale. University of the Witwatersrand. 28 November 2005

Australia and New Zealand

• Rayner, L. (2005). Changing students perceptions of research: a partnership to achieve information literacy. Symposium presentation. 13 th December 2005.
• Smith, N. M. & Presser, P. (2005). ?
Embed with the faculty: legal information skills online?. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 31 (3). ScienceDirect. University of the Witwatersrand. 13 December 2005.
• Terrell, J. (2004).
Cross database searching: information literacy for the real world ? 13 December 2005.
• Graham, J. & Parsons, K. (2003). ?
Enhancing information literacy: a practical exemplar?. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 7 (3) . 13 December 2005.
• Wallace, M.C., Shorten, A., Crookes, P.A., McGurk, C. & Brewer,C. (1999). ?
Integrating information literacies into an undergraduate nursing programme .? Nurse Education Today, 19 (2). ScienceDirect. University of the Witwatersrand. 13 December 2005.
• Bruce, C. (1997).
Seven faces of information literacy in higher education. 13 December 2005.

UK

• Boon, S., Johnston, B.& Webber, S. (2005). UK academics? conceptions of, and pedagogy for, information literacy: a comparison of two disciplines, Marketing and English. 13 December 2005.
• Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) (2005).
Information literacy: definition. 13 December 2005.
• Johnston, B.& Webber, S. (2005).
Information literacy: as we may think. 13 December 2005.
• Mccaskie, L. (2004).
What are the implications for information literacy training in higher education with the introduction of federated search tools. M.A. Librarianship Thesis, University of Sheffield. 13 December 2005.
• Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) (2004).
Learning outcomes and information literacy. Higher Education Academy. 13 December 2005.
• Bainton, T. (2001).
Information literacy and academic libraries: the SCONUL approach (UK/Ireland). 67 th IFLA Council and General Conference. 13 December 2005. TOP