EMPATIC: Information Literacy in the Adult Education & Lifelong Learning Sector – recommendations to policy makers. the GRUNDTVIG programme area

1. Empowering Autonomous Learning through Information Competencies
Information
Literacy
in
the
Adult
Education/
Lifelong
Learning
Sector
Recommendations
to
Policy
Makers
(the
LEONARDO
DA
VINCI
programme
area)
Through
EMPATIC’s
validation
workshops,
a
process
of
consultation
and
the
Final
Conference,
the
following
recommendations
to
policy
makers
in
the
adult
education/Lifelong
learning
sector
have
been
identified:
1. Information
Literacy
and
its
specialized
fields
must
be
promoted
to
society,
decision
makers,
politicians,
communities
and
users.
2. Ministries
of
education
and
lifelong
learning,
departments
at
higher
educational
institutions,
all
relevant
institutions
and
libraries
should
cooperate
with
each
other.
3. National
strategies
should
follow
from
development
of
a
European
scheme
of
IL
standards,
assessment
types
and
learning
outcomes.
4. Lobbying
for
the
integration
of
IL
into
Adult
Education
&
Life
Long
Learning
must
be
undertaken
to
the
EU,
national
politicians,
public
libraries
and
all
relevant
institutions.
5. Departments
of
Library
and
Information
Science,
information
literacy
professionals
and
all
relevant
bodies
should
work
together
to
prepare
educational
content
and
materials
related
to
Information
Literacy.
6. The
learner
must
be
more
active
and
become
a
partner
in
the
process.
7. The
media
is
very
important;
this
can
include
music,
radio,
local
newspapers,
and
popular
activities
such
as
drama
and
local
associations.
8. IL
should
be
integrated
into
all
Lifelong
Learning
activities
that
are
run
by
various
organizations
in
a
practical
way,
this
could
be
through
financial
information,
health
education,
cultural
information,
etc.
9. International
cooperation
concerning
Adult
Education
and
Information
Literacy
should
be
developed.
10. Consequently,
advocating
IL
must
be
undertaken
on
national,
local,
community
and
institutional
levels
simultaneously.
11. Modern
technologies
to
apply
IL
in
Adult
Education
&
Life
Long
Learning
(e.g.
Web2.0,
e-­‐
conferences)
must
be
utilized.
12. Public
Libraries
have
a
very
important
role
to
play
in
the
application
of
IL
in
Adult
Education
&
Life
Long
Learning
and
therefore
have
to
be
helped
in
order
to
succeed
in
it.
The
main
purpose
of
the
EMPATIC
recommendations
is
to
stimulate
action
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