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Salisbury, Fiona; Karasmanis, Sharon – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2011
How information literate are the Google generation, and what information literacy skills do they bring to university? For university libraries, understanding student prior knowledge provides a foundation on which to introduce appropriate learning activities during the first year. In 2009, in response to a new pedagogical model in health sciences,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, College Freshmen, Generational Differences
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Fafeita, Jenny – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2006
This paper presents the findings of a research project about Australian TAFE librarians' information literacy practices. The project addressed two research questions: What are the practices that TAFE librarians use to teach and foster information literacy? What changes have occurred since the last TAFE information literacy survey in 2001? During…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Foreign Countries, Librarian Attitudes, Educational Practices
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Jones, Carolyn – Australian Library Journal, 2006
The author examines the evolution of the current Australian demographic and its implications for the delivery of public library services. The "baby boomers", the generation born between 1946 and 1961, are the next cohort to be seriously in need of housebound services, and the characteristics and likely needs of this group are considered…
Descriptors: Library Services, Public Libraries, Foreign Countries, Strategic Planning