Information Literacy Instructional Practices Among Academic Librarians Within the Asia and Asia-Pacific Region: A Comparative Analysis

Abstract

This study examined the level of understanding needed by academic librarians working at university libraries \nin Asia and Asia-Pacific to produce practical teaching skills in Information Literacy (IL) courses. Data were \nanalysed using Braun and Clarke's 2006 thematic analysis approach. Respondents were those teaching IL at \nfive universities in Malaysia, one in Singapore, and one in New Zealand. Analysis indicated stark differences \nin how IL is taught in all participating universities. The findings helped identify the challenges faced by \nlibrarians as a result of the behavioural change brought about by 21st-century learners in higher education \ninstitutions which led respondents to question their teaching efficacy and how their work as informed \ninstructors in delivering IL module content to students have informed the shifting roles of academic librarians \nin teaching IL.

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