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Page 1: Hepworth Jackson & Masuda - Information literacy in the workplace: identifying the information management capability needs of staff in a local government organisation

Dr Mark Hepworth & Dr Tom Jackson Department of Information Science Loughborough University Chris Masuda, Claire Everitt, Stephen CurtisInformation Management Leicestershire County Council 

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IL (in the workplace) is 

largely unconscious

Information Commission 

(fines!)FOI & DP

Publicised disasters

Some good 

practice

Some guidelines

Workplace little 

studied

Traditional IL  focuses on the  

individual

Need to share knowledge & information

IL needs to be situated

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Understand information practices of staff Identify capabilities Develop a strategy that could be applied throughout the organisation: to help identify i‐capability needs that would develop i‐capabilities and to foster a culture where information practice was conscious and systematic i.e. an information management culture

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30 people, 6 teams, across the organisation

Observation (understand context, build trust)

E‐survey (task analysis, information needs and use analysis; key i‐skills; current practice)

Self‐diagnostic (information use and impact)

Interview (explore information behaviour)

One output was ‘tools’ that could be applied elsewhere in the organisation and within other organisations

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Search and retrieval (IL = need & locate) Storage (IL = manage information) Retention and disposal (IL = manage information) Sharing (IL = communicate information) Security (IL = manage information) Quality (IL = i‐attitudes)

Could argue these are encompassed by IL but:‐ greater emphasis on secure sharing and management 

of information;

‐ reflects the organisational focus of the study

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Variation between organisations Variation within organisations

In some organisations there was clear i‐governance but not in all areas.

Individuals varied in their information management practices and capabilities.

A lack of awareness or understanding of i‐governance

For most people this was the first opportunity they had had to reflect on their information behaviour. 

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Search & retrieval“it is difficult to find information I am looking for on the Intranet” Storage“I save to my personal drive because I know it is secure” Retention & disposal“I can still do my job without applying retention” Sharing“I do not always know what I can and cannot share” Security“There is no clear process on how we should be protecting information” Quality“information was not copied across properly resulting in missing 

information”

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i‐security e‐learning package on the desktop … led to management edict (now all staff at Melton Mowbray Borough Council have to go through the package)

Guidelines i‐personality workshop enabling team reflection

Short animations on topics e.g. retention Tools to understand i‐capabilities

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i – competencies for staff should be built into professional development framework (regular review, very important for new staff)

Develop e‐learning apps for all capabilities

Develop animation apps for all capabilitieshttp://goanimate.com/videos/0lu‐cLLBI6pE/1

Develop accessible guidelines (situated e.g. case studies)

Roll out the process to the rest of the organisation and to all government employees

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Thanks for listening.

Any questions?