Instructional practices in Canadian public libraries |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Library and Information Studies, 3-20 Rutherford South, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2J4;2. Edmonton Public Library, Stanley A. Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, AB, Canada T5J 2V4;1. Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States;2. Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States;3. Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States;4. Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States;1. Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan;2. Department of Legal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Asahi-machi 1-4-3, Abeno, Osaka 545-8585, Japan;3. Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan;1. Josef Pflug Vascular Laboratory, Ealing Hospital, Middlesex, United Kingdom;2. Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom;3. West London Vascular and Interventional Centre, Northwick Park Hospital, Middlesex, United Kingdom;4. American University of the Caribbean, School of Medicine, Cupecoy, St Maarten;1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e Scienze Matematiche, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy;2. Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi E-Campus, Italy;3. Saipem S.p.A., Business Unit Onshore, Italy;4. School of Architecture and Design, Università di Camerino, Italy;1. Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mall Road, New Delhi 110 007, India;2. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Anushandhan Bhavan, 2, Rafi Marg, New Delhi 110001, India;1. Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, Chancellor''s Building, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK |
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| Abstract: | This article reports on a national survey of information literacy (IL) instruction in urban and rural public libraries in Canada and public librarians' attitudes towards these services. The survey is the first phase of a study exploring the actual and potential role of Canadian public libraries in developing the public's IL skills. Despite an urgent need to develop such skills, and expectations that public libraries fulfill that role (specifically articulated by the federal government through its “Connecting Canadians” initiative), the real experiences of public librarians and of public library customers may not bear out this expectation. The survey analyzes the role of the public library, as a non-profit institution and primary stakeholder, in advancing federal government information policy. In addition, the study gives voice to a community of professionals expected to fulfill an important federal policy function, but provided with few resources with which to do so. |
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