Slides of a paper at the Konstanz Workshop on Information Literacy, November 2007

1. TUHH
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg
Between Dewey and Dewey!
Information literacy 2.0
Thomas Hapke
Universitätsbibliothek der
Bild: D. Bieler
TU Hamburg-Harburg
Between Dewey and Dewey
www.tub.tu-harburg.de Thomas Hapke, November 2007 - information literacy 2.0

2. TUHH
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Information literacy then
“It is not enough to found
libraries. It is necessary ... to
instruct those eager for
knowledge in the best methods
of utilizing their treasures. And
this is by no means so easy as it
sounds! .“ (1911)
Ostwald‘s private library,
Großbothen, Saxony Wilhelm Ostwald, Nobel prize in
chemistry 1909 and 1911 founder of
“The Bridge”, an “Institute for the
Organization of Intellectual Work” in
Munich
Between Dewey and Dewey
www.tub.tu-harburg.de Thomas Hapke, November 2007 - information literacy 2.0

3. TUHH
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Information systems change: In
the past user and system were
divided!
Search result
Information User
Information
system specialist
Subject
Object
Search query
Enrichment with
additional vocabulary
Between Dewey and Dewey
www.tub.tu-harburg.de Thomas Hapke, November 2007 - information literacy 2.0

4. TUHH
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Information systems today learn
from the user (Amazon)!
Changes through
the user
Search result
User 2
Information
User 1
system
Subject
Object
influenced by search
of user 1
Search query
„learns“ from input of „learns“ from feedback
the user of the system
Between Dewey and Dewey
www.tub.tu-harburg.de Thomas Hapke, November 2007 - information literacy 2.0

5. TUHH
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Users are co-producers
of information
systems
User 2
(Web 2.0)
User 3
„learns Information
from system (e.g. User 1
users“ „learns“
Wiki, Blog,…) together with
e.g. and from other
„Tagging“ users through
the system
changes
through users
permanently
Between Dewey and Dewey
www.tub.tu-harburg.de Thomas Hapke, November 2007 - information literacy 2.0

6. TUHH
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Information literacy
changes!
Drawingsr: D. Bieler
Between Dewey and Dewey
www.tub.tu-harburg.de Thomas Hapke, November 2007 - information literacy 2.0

7. TUHH
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Information literacy 2.0
is not primarely
orientated to technology
or social software,
but is a change of the
view on information
literacy!
Between Dewey and Dewey
www.tub.tu-harburg.de Thomas Hapke, November 2007 - information literacy 2.0

8. TUHH
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Information literacy is one of many
key competencies and literacies!
Intercultural
Media literacy competencies
Visual literacy
Decision-making and responsibility
Academic
literacy
Writing
competencies
E-literacy
Soft
Computer skills
literacy
Didactical competencies
Between Dewey and Dewey
www.tub.tu-harburg.de Thomas Hapke, November 2007 - information literacy 2.0

9. TUHH
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg A more holistic view on
information literacy!
Fisher Fine Arts Library,
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia
More than efficient retrieval and navigation strategies,
information literacy includes the creativity to organise
and shape one's own information and learning
process in a conscious and demand-oriented way.
Between Dewey and Dewey
www.tub.tu-harburg.de Thomas Hapke, November 2007 - information literacy 2.0

10. TUHH
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Information litercay includes also
learning about information!
Between Dewey and Dewey
www.tub.tu-harburg.de Thomas Hapke, November 2007 - information literacy 2.0

11. TUHH
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg
Dewey or Dewey?
Melvil (1851-1931) John (1859-1952)
„Learning by doing“
Decimal Classification Learning based on
Searching or experience and learning
information in a for democracy
„classical“ librarians‘ Information literacy as
way part of learning
Bild: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Melvil_Dewey&oldid=156750080
Bild: http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Dewey&oldid=36333876
Between Dewey and Dewey
www.tub.tu-harburg.de Thomas Hapke, November 2007 - information literacy 2.0

12. TUHH
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Information literacy and the
Web 2.0: New content!
Between Dewey and Dewey
www.tub.tu-harburg.de Thomas Hapke, November 2007 - information literacy 2.0

13. TUHH
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Also education in scholarly
research methods is part of
information literacy!
www.vision.tu-harburg.de VISION
(VIrtual Services
for Information
Online)
– an online tutorial
of the TUHH library
Between Dewey and Dewey
www.tub.tu-harburg.de Thomas Hapke, November 2007 - information literacy 2.0

14. TUHH
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Information literacy and the
Web 2.0:
New methods of facilitating
learning!
Between Dewey and Dewey
www.tub.tu-harburg.de Thomas Hapke, November 2007 - information literacy 2.0

15. TUHH
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Information literacy and
the Web 2.0:
New methods of facilitating
learning!
Between Dewey and Dewey
www.tub.tu-harburg.de Thomas Hapke, November 2007 - information literacy 2.0

16. TUHH
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg
Multi-dimensionality and diversity of contexts
Reflection competence Action competence
Weblogs Story-
Key competencies telling
Wikis Web 2.0 Information literacy 2.0 Learning
Learning about E-Portfolios
Podcasts
information
Privacy Critical view Intellectual property
Sociotechnical practice and community of practice
Between Dewey and Dewey
www.tub.tu-harburg.de Thomas Hapke, November 2007 - information literacy 2.0

17. TUHH
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Consequences for libraries!?
Teaching or Learning
Facilitating Library?
The library as room for
making experinces and
learning, not as ware-house!
Grainger Engineering Library, Bild: D. Bieler
Urbana-Champaign, University of
Illinois
Between Dewey and Dewey
www.tub.tu-harburg.de Thomas Hapke, November 2007 - information literacy 2.0

18. TUHH
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg
The library as living room!
Between Dewey and Dewey
www.tub.tu-harburg.de Thomas Hapke, November 2007 - information literacy 2.0

19. TUHH
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg
At the end
Thanks to Detlev Bieler
for drawings!
More:
Hapke, Thomas: Informationskompetenz 2.0 und das
Verschwinden des quot;Nutzers“ [Information literacy 2.0 and
the disappearance of the user]. In: Bibliothek 31 (2007)
Nr. 2, S. 137-149 (in German)
http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00011689/
Website Thomas Hapke:
www.tu-harburg.de/b/hapke/
or
www.tub.tu-harburg.de/index.php?id=192
Between Dewey and Dewey
www.tub.tu-harburg.de Thomas Hapke, November 2007 - information literacy 2.0