Visibility of information literacy services of Spanish academic libraries according to their websites: design and validation of a self-assessment tool
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https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2021.may.16Keywords:
Information literacy, Training programs, Strategic planning, Academic libraries, MeLIL questionaire, Websites, Content analysis, Training offer, Learning resources, SpainAbstract
A new evaluation and self-evaluation tool designed to measure the degree of visibility of the information literacy (infolit) services of Spanish academic libraries according to their websites is presented, together with the results of its application between October 2019 and February 2020. Building on the state of the art established by international organizations and the most prominent scholars in the field, the Metrics for Library Information Literacy (MeLIL) questionnaire also incorporates emerging problems in contemporary information literacy such as mobile learning, fake news, data literacy, transparency, and open science, among others. MeLIL is made up of six criteria and 38 indicators. After a pilot project with eight libraries to validate the questionnaire, the content of the websites on information literacy programs of the 78 Spanish academic libraries was analyzed. The results confirm the validity and transferability of the instrument to measure the level of development of infolit in Spanish academic libraries according to their websites. Furthermore, the progress made in the training and infolit services offered by Spanish academic libraries is systematically described.
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