Information literacy in the law curriculum: Experiences from cardiff

Law Teacher

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 150-160

  Davies, Jackie ^a   Jackson, Cathie ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85015594141     PISSN: 03069400     EISSN: 19430353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03069400.2005.9993179     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. American Library Association. (1989) Presidential Committee on Information Literacy: Final Report. All web links in the footnotes checked on 12 April 2005. http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/whitepapers/presidential.htm (http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/whitepapers/presidential.htm)
2. SCONUL Advisory Committee on Information Literacy (1999) Information Skills in Higher Education: A SCONUL Position Paper. Society of College, National and University Libraries; http://www.sconul.ac.uk/activities/inf_lit/papers/Seven_pillars2.pdf (http://www.sconul.ac.uk/activities/inf_lit/papers/Seven_pillars2.pdf)
3. Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, (2000) Academic Standards—Law. Gloucester: Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. Available on the web at www.qaa.ac.uk/academicinfrastructure/benchmark/honours/law.pdf (www.qaa.ac.uk/academicinfrastructure/benchmark/honours/law.pdf)
4. Law Society and General Council of the Bar (1999) Joint Statement issued by the Law Society and the General Council of the Bar on the completion of the initial or academic stage of training by obtaining an undergraduate degree; www.legaleducation.org.uk/downloads/ja.pdf (www.legaleducation.org.uk/downloads/ja.pdf)
5. Jackson, C., 2002. “SPTL/BIALL Academic Law Library Survey 2000/2001,”. Legal Information Management, 2 (2): 3847
6. Griffiths, S., and Jackson, C., A Framework for Change: The Development and Implementation of an Information Literacy Policy at Cardiff University. Presentation to the 1st International Conference on IT & Information Literacy. Glasgow. http://www.elit–conf.org/ itilit2002/papers/abll.html. Diagram inspired by the Florida International University Libraries’ Information Literacy Initiative www.fiu.edu/–library/ili/ilibroc.html which placed Technology at the centre, then Information Literacy, leading to Critical Thinking
7. SCONUL. 2004. Learning Outcomes and Information Literacy, 24Higher Education Academy. http://www.sconul.ac.uk/activines/inf_lit/papers/outcomes.pdf and in the Cardiff University Guidance Note (see n. 15)
8. Teaching and Learning Committee. 2002. Information Literacy Guidance Note, Cardiff: Cardiff University. http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/schoolsanddivisions/divisions/learning/guidance/infolit.html.