2BIC: taking your adventuring gear to organise pop‐up health information literacy sessions. (30th August 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vandendriessche, Thomas; Michels, Marleen; Stoop, Linda; Vissenaekens, Natasja; Discart, Inge
• Is Part Of: Health information and libraries journal. Volume 35:Number 3(2018:Sep.)
• Page Start: 256
• Page End: 261
• Publication Date: 2018-08-30
• Subjects: education and training -- information literacy -- information skills -- librarianship, health science -- students, medical; Medical libraries -- Periodicals; Public health libraries -- Periodicals; Life sciences libraries -- Periodicals; Medical libraries -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Public health libraries -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Information science -- Periodicals; 026.61094105
• DOI: 10.1111/hir.12220
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1471-1834

Abstract

Abstract: Academic libraries play an important role in the provision of health information literacy (IL) skills and there are many approaches to how these can be delivered. In this paper, guest writers Inge Discart and colleagues from KU Leuven Libraries 2Bergen Information Centre (2BIC) in Belgium discuss a pop‐up information literacy skills project. In particular, the article presents the findings from an initial information skills needs assessment conducted at the University, followed by how the concept of the pop‐up sessions was developed and promoted throughout the organisation. The paper identifies the variety of sessions offered and the format in which they were delivered, with final results on how these were received and which sessions were the most popular. This article provides insight into an alternative approach to health information skills delivery and the outcomes from it. H S