Our approach to IDL skills development
The Library prepares students to be professionally ready by equipping them with the skills to navigate complex information landscapes and to use information ethically and responsibly. In partnership with Faculties, we deliver transformational, student-centred learning experiences that build the University of Sydney’s Graduate Quality in Information and Digital Literacy (IDL).
Information literacy skills and services we support
- The information context
- Understanding and selecting types of information
- Understanding and selecting search tools
- The value of information and how it is influenced by systems of knowledge production
- Searching
- Research questions and selecting searchable terms
- Using search operators and database functions
- Evaluation
- Evaluating data and information
- Evaluating the information landscape
- Acknowledgement
- The importance and purpose of acknowledging and citing the work of others
- Collection development and management
Scalable support within faculty
Our Information and Digital Literacy Skill Development Model focuses on embedded and scaled support.
IDL Skill Development Model
| University wide offerings | Faculty offerings | Unit of Study offerings |
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- Identify general information literacy skills that are supported at scale
- Partner with other University units to design and deliver general information literacy skills
| - Identify discipline-specific needs within or across the Faculty and design and deliver learning experiences which respond to the need
- Identify similar needs across various units, programs and support is elevated and delivered to whole of Faculty
| - Identify key degree programs to scaffold information literacy skills
- Scaffold information literacy skills into core or strategic units of study across the degree program
- Collaborate with Unit Coordinators to design assessment tasks/rubrics
- Design and deliver learning experience(s) which are tailored to the students
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Assessment support
Our assessment support can look like:
- Collaborating with Unit Coordinators to create or modify the rubric row(s) that measures students’ IDL skill development
- Creating or refining assessment instructions in collaboration with Unit Coordinators
- Conversations with Unit Coordinators of new or strategic units to discuss embedding IDL learning outcomes into the unit and contributing to the assessment prior to the assessment being finalised by the Unit Coordinator
Ongoing support will require a contribution to either the assessment task instructions or rubric.
Case studies of bespoke partnerships
See this video for information about IDL partnerships and case studies.