Advance HE Teaching & Learning Conference 2018: Wasted space: Integrating information literacy into the curriculum

Information literacy is central to student learning and to effective transition into higher education. By adopting Seeker and Coonan’s (2013) ANCIL model of information literacy we have embedded information literacy into a range of first years courses using teacher-librarian partnerships which integrate the librarian fully into the teaching-learning team. Such partnerships are not without their problems but we have found a significant change in our students’ approach to both engaging with information and using that information to think creatively and create new knowledge. This presentation outlines the challenges and benefits of integrated teacher-librarian partnerships on student learning and transition.