Information Literacy and Cultural Heritage. Developing a Model for Lifelong Learning

212 Pages·2013·7.183 MB·English

by  Kim Baker (Auth.)

Information Literacy and Cultural Heritage
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Information Literacy and
Cultural Heritage
Developing a model for lifelong
learning
K B
IM AKER
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First published in 2013
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I dedicate this book to the memory of my friend and
colleague, the late Dr. Zakes Letshela, former Programme
Executive for Collections Management at the National
Library of South Africa, who was so tragically taken from
us in December 2002, and who I know would have been
passionate and excited about the vision outlined in this book.
I also dedicate this book to my wonderful parents, the late
Daphne and Ronald Sinclair Roxburgh.
List of figures and table
Figures
2.1 A trace of an important contextual narrative,
the full narrative has since disappeared from
the Twitter archives 69
7.1 Convergence between museums, archives and
libraries in the delivery of information literacy
and cultural heritage training for lifelong
learning 156
Table
5.1 Proposed generic Information Literacy and
Cultural Heritage for Lifelong Learning Model 127
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List of abbreviations
ACRL Association of College and Research Libraries
ANC African National Congress
COSATU Congress of South African Trade Unions
IFLA International Federation of Library Associations
NLS National Library of Singapore
NLSA National Library of South Africa
OCLC Online Computer Library Center
PMM personal meaning mapping
SCONUL Society of College, National and University Libraries
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Acknowledgements
This book is the result of exposure to many perspectives,
places, inspirational ideas and support from a number of
people and organizations, both in South Africa and in the
many countries I visited during the course of my work for
the IFLA (International Federation of Library
Associations).
Grateful acknowledgement is given to the vision and
inspiration provided by Professor Peter Lor, former and
founding National Librarian of the National Library of South
Africa (NLSA) and Secretary-General of the IFLA, who
nominated and supported me to serve on the IFLA Document
Delivery and Resource Sharing Standing Committee, and who
has continued to be a source of inspiration in his research,
analytical critiques and his rare gift for the generation of new
ideas and fresh perspectives.
I also thank Professor Rocky Ralebepi-Simela (former
Chair of the Board of the NLSA) and John Tsebe (current
National Librarian of the NLSA) for their support of my
IFLA work through the years 2004–11.
For their support, encouragement and sheer excellence of
standards, I am deeply grateful to the staff of the Library
and Information Studies Centre at the University of Cape
Town, South Africa, and I especially wish to acknowledge
Mary Nassimbeni, Jaya Raju, Peter Underwood, Karin de
Jager and Gretchen Smith who have all contributed to my
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academic development over the years. I also acknowledge
the wonderful staff of Hiddingh Hall Library at the
University of Cape Town (Solvej Vorster, Kashiefa Shade,
Caitlin Miller and Peter Vries) for their friendly, professional
and efficient service – truly, they epitomize how dedicated
librarians are an absolute treasure for any researcher.
Other colleagues (academics and practitioners) have been
inspirational, and locally in South Africa I acknowledge
Henry Bredenkamp and Rooksana Omar of Iziko Museums
in Cape Town, Ninnie Steyn and Nazeem Hardy of the City
of Cape Town Public Library Services, the Western Cape
Provincial Archives, Mandy Gilder and Alexio Motsi of the
National Archives in Pretoria, Ellen Tise (University of
Stellenbosch), Haffy Hafferjee (retired, University of
KwaZulu-Natal), Christine Stilwell (University of KwaZulu-
Natal), Genevieve Hart (University of the Western Cape),
Denise Nicholson (University of the Witwatersrand) and
Ingrid Thompson (University of Cape Town).
Internationally, I acknowledge Sue Myburgh (Australia),
Harriet Deacon (UK), Gene Tan (Singapore), Uwe Rosemann
and his colleagues at the TIB (Germany), Assunta Arte (Italy),
Elisa Soares (Portugal), Jacqueline Gillet (France), Ertugal
Cimen (Turkey), Fariborz Khosravi (Iran), Mary Hollerich
(USA), Rose Goodier (UK), Robert Seal (USA), Margarita
Moreno (Australia), Joan Stein (USA), Daniel Mattes (Mexico),
Jindriska Coufalova (Czechoslovakia), Poul Erlandson
(Denmark), Penelope Street and Betty Lowry (UK), Collence
Chisita (Zimbabwe), Matthew Goldner (OCLC), Bob Krall
(USA), Sjoerd Koopman (the Netherlands), Jesús Lau
(Mexico), Mike McGrath (UK), Paul Sturges (UK), Elmelinda
Lara (Trinidad and Tobago), and many of the other colleagues
with whom I worked during the course of my two terms on
the IFLA Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Standing
Committee.
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AcknowledCgoenmteennttss
I am deeply grateful to personal friends and family for
their continuous support and motivational encouragement
and I thank especially my sister Dawn, Alex, Ann-Christen,
Kgomotso, Stewart and Janet, Michelle, Luca, Mandla,
Andrew, Sipho, Robin, Thandi, Mustapha, Zayd, Elaine,
Adrienne, Michael, Vusi and Mpho.
Finally, the staff of Chandos Publishing, most especially
Jonathan, Ed and George, have been an absolute pleasure to
work with – responsive, helpful and encouraging all the way,
and I wish to thank them for their outstanding support and
guidance. I also wish to thank my copy-editor, Geraldine
Lyons, for her meticulous work and suggestions.
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