Systems Thinking and Information Literacy: Elements of a Knowledge Enabling Workplace Environment

Somerville, Mary M.; Mirijamdotter, Anita; Collins, Lydia

doi:10.1109/hicss.2006.449

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“…Therefore, we strive to create tailored workplace environments that enable ongoing dialogue, reflection, and learning. These evidence based conclusions emerge from the results of a study conducted from 2003 to 2006 (Mirijamdotter & Somerville, 2004, 2005, 2008Somerville, 2009;Somerville, Mirijamdotter & Collins, 2006;Somerville et al, 2007).…”

Section: Organisational Leadership Prioritiesmentioning

confidence: 96%

Toward Collaborative Evidence Based Information Practices: Organisation and Leadership Essentials

Mirijamdotter¹

2010

EBLIP

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This commentary is based on my key note for the EBLIP conference held in 2009 in Stockholm, Sweden. The title was: Bridging the gap between users and systems – the potential contribution of Social Informatics to Evidence Based Library and Information Practice. In the following commentary, I focus on the application of social informatics principles to develop a collaborative evidence based approach grounded in shared workplace leadership. My remarks highlight some main contributions from the field of library and information science and social informatics and conclude with implications for practice, including further research.

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Section: Organisational Leadership Prioritiesmentioning

confidence: 96%

Toward Collaborative Evidence Based Information Practices: Organisation and Leadership Essentials

Mirijamdotter¹

2010

EBLIP

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“…Finally, the 'soft' systems thinking methodology was selected because of its propensity to heighten organisational members' appreciation for the 'whole' university, of which the library organisation is a 'part', in terms that cultivate the critical thinking proficiencies necessary for librarians to become architects of knowledge enabling spaces and places (Somerville, Mirijamdotter, & Collins 2006) -a promising 'new frontier' for 21 st century librarians (Materska, 2004).…”

Section: The Australian Library Journal August 2008mentioning

confidence: 99%

Systems thinking: an approach for advancing workplace information literacy

Somerville¹,

Howard²

2008

The Australian Library Journal

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As the importance of information literacy has gained increased recognition, so too have academic library professionals intensified their efforts to champion, activate, and advance these capabilities in others. To date, however, little attention has focused on advancing these essential competencies amongst practitioner advocates. This paper helps redress the paucity of professional literature on the topic of workplace information literacy among library professionals.

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“…Heightened interactions between library faculty and academic faculty produced a professional knowledge management model. Throughout, iterative evaluation and assessment techniques magnified workplace learning (Somerville et al, 2006;Somerville et al, 2005b;2005c) as participants adopted evidence-based information practices (Booth and Brice, 2004). Increasingly, research skills and methods inform decision making and establish best practices.…”

Section: New Seeing and Thinking Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Learning our way to change: improved institutional alignment

Davis

Somerville²

2006

New Library World

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Emerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation.

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Systems Thinking and Information Literacy: Elements of a Knowledge Enabling Workplace Environment

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Cited by 13 publications

References 28 publications

Toward Collaborative Evidence Based Information Practices: Organisation and Leadership Essentials

Toward Collaborative Evidence Based Information Practices: Organisation and Leadership Essentials

Systems thinking: an approach for advancing workplace information literacy

Learning our way to change: improved institutional alignment

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