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Information literacy training in an African university setting : case study of IL course development at KNUST in Kumasi, Ghana


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Abstract: This paper provides an overview of the collaboration between Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) library and KIT’s Information & Library Services (KIT ILS) to develop an information literacy (IL) training programme. Special emphasis is placed on two issues: (1) the practicality of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) guidelines when applied to an IL programme at a university in Africa; and (2) the problem of translating the generic and rather abstract ACRL standards into specific training objectives. The paper also discusses a number of lessons learned to be taken into account when planning IL training in Africa.
Authors: Hof, S. van 't , Sluijs, J. , Asamoah-Hassan, H. , Agyen-Gyasi, K.
Series Title: KIT Working Papers Series
Country: Ghana
Category: Research
Serial number: WPS.I3
ISSN: 1876-4142
Keywords: communication , education , information and communication technologies , information services
Language: eng
Organization: KIT - Royal Tropical Institute
PAGE: 37
Place: Amsterdam
Publisher: Royal Tropical Insitute (KIT)
Year: 2010
Region: West Africa
Right: © 2010 Royal Tropical Institute. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported
Subject: Information, Knowledge and Communication
Title: Information literacy training in an African university setting : case study of IL course development at KNUST in Kumasi, Ghana

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