Final Report

July 2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Big Blue project has been funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee through the JISC Committee for Awareness, Liaison and Training (JCALT) and was managed jointly by Manchester Metropolitan University Library and Leeds University Library.

www.leeds.ac.uk/bigblue/

 

 

Table of Contents

VOLUME 1

Executive Summary

1. Background to the Project - Recognising an Information Need

2. Introduction to the Project's Work - Addressing the Information Need

3. Literature Review & Audit - Retrieving Information

3.1 Literature review

3.1.1 Summary of findings from literature review

3.1.2 Literature review update, June 2002

3.2 Audit of information skills provision

4. Audit Results & Case Studies - Evaluating Information

4.1 Audit analysis

4.2 Case studies

4.3 Library School survey

5. Taxonomy, Models & Key Skills - Adapting Information

5.1 Taxonomy

5.2 Information skills models

5.3 Key skills and information skills

6. Toolkits & Bibliography - Organising Information

6.1 The information skills toolkit and post-16 toolkit

6.1.1 The information skills toolkit

6.1.2 Post-16 toolkit

6.2 Bibliography

7. Website & Dissemination - Communicating Information

7.1 Project website

7.2 Dissemination

8. Conclusions - Reviewing the Process

References

 

VOLUME 2

Recommendations 1-14

 

VOLUME 3

Appendices

Appendix 1 - Literature Review

Appendix 6 - Key Skills Model

 

Appendix 2 - List of Case Studies

Appendix 7 - Information Skills Toolkit

 

Appendix 3 - Case Studies

Appendix 8 - Post-16 Toolkit

 

Appendix 4 - Taxonomy

Appendix 9 - Web Addresses

 

Appendix 5 - Information Skills Model