tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771056772007230891.post1830607077083192499..comments2024-03-29T07:57:07.335+00:00Comments on libfocus - Irish library blog: Information literacy, graduate attributes and employabilityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771056772007230891.post-9519274161985488532013-12-04T22:04:38.467+00:002013-12-04T22:04:38.467+00:00Thanks Paul! Yes I agree completely, though still ...Thanks Paul! Yes I agree completely, though still feel research evidence has a role to play in professional life as well as the experience and advice of colleagues (in the same way that EBP is a synthesis of multiple elements). I think one of the biggest challenges that a postgraduate faces is coming up with, framing, scoping and exploring a research question, which - as you point out - is often not a significant part of the undergraduate experience. Perhaps if students were to choose their own essay topics or projects more often it would encourage a more critical and analytical mindset in this respect? Thanks for the comment :)Michelle Daltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01459103029885548217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771056772007230891.post-16195105317653495882013-12-04T17:14:20.916+00:002013-12-04T17:14:20.916+00:00The big thing I took from that report was number 2...The big thing I took from that report was number 2 on that survey - communicating with people. Asking for help. Employers rated this as a prime deficiency, and recent graduates said it was a major challenge. Maybe this is an overlooked aspect of information literacy. <br />The engineer and the retail manager probably have colleagues, supervisors and contacts that they could tap into for their information needs. They may need to ask questions of people they do not know, so they need to know how to frame questions in a way that is likely to get a response. They need to know how to identify and articulate problems. In school, students tend to be given problems that are predefined and already articulated. While this makes for effective assessments, the real world is not always so neat and tidy. <br />At my institution, students almost never come to librarians with questions, and rarely ask questions of faculty. It doesn't surprise me that questioning and communicating are deficiencies in our graduates. I've been trying to raise this issue with faculty, but I don't have a solution for it.paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11713942937628639067noreply@blogger.com