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Watch our LIPS!  New skills and services for the knowledge age IATUL 21st Annual Conference Virtual Libraries Virtual Communities 3-7 July 2000 Penny Carnaby Director Education Resource Centre Christchurch Institute of Technology New Zealand

Overview LIANZA Information Policy Summit December 1999 Watch our LIPS! The Strategy:  a National Information Strategy for New Zealand The lobbying, the politics From strategy to delivery The changing workplace The case study - information literacy

December 1999 LIANZA Information Policy Summit Watch our LIPS!  Messages to the new Government

“Watch our LIPS!” LIANZA Information Policy Summit Messages to the new Government December 1999 Ko te manu kai i  te Miro nōna te ngāhere, ko te manu kai i te mātauranga nona te ao The bird who eats of the Miro tree owns the forest, the bird who eats of the Tree of Knowledge owns the world

A National Information Strategy for New Zealand 3 main components

National Comparisons The keystone for the Information age:  a National Information Policy for the UK April 2000

A National Information Strategy for NZ

"The Lobbying," The Lobbying, the politics LIPS 2 - 26 July 2000 Key strategist to advise Government & the library profession eg Patricia Senn Breivik 21 July Information Literacy National Library of NZ / LIANZA Government Policy Closing the gaps Digital divide From strategy to delivery in the workplace using information literacy as a case study

Knowledge Equity Information Literacy Strategy Rewriting the core curriculum LIANZA National Working Party reports Key strategist meets with Government & professions National Seminar NLNZ / LIANZA - July with Patricia Senn Breivik Trained to teach?  Training issues for Librarians

Get off my patch! Information Literacy:  the challenges and issues for librarians LIANZA Otago / Southland Weekend School 29-30 January 2000

The changing workplace

Changing structures

Blurring of traditional boundaries

Information Literacy initiatives within a changing workplace Some common themes: broadening the definitions strategies & alliances:  more than a library issue credibility:  training issues for librarians credibility:  staff development issue for all

Summary Watch our LIPS campaign A National Information Strategy for New Zealand - 3 building blocks Lobbying politics with key strategists National Information Literacy Working Party from strategy to delivery The Information Literacy example within: changing workplaces changing structures changing alliances changing professional capabilities