Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Dr Susie Andretta
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Job title: Senior Lecturer in Information Management
Education and Academic Qualifications:
Currently undertaking a PhD in Information Literacy,
- PhD in Information Literacy, Institute of Education, University of London, 2010
- M.A in Representation and Modernities,
- Postgraduate Certificate of Education (F.E.)
- B.A. (Hons) in Social Science Polytechnic of
Professional Affliations:
- Editor of the Journal of Information Literacy
- Committee member of the Information Literacy Group, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
- Secretary of Health Information and Libraries for Evaluation and Research (HEALER)
- Member of the advisory group for the Higher Education Academy Information and Computer Science and reviewer for HEA-ICS funded programme
Current teaching and administrative roles:
Applied Information Research, Postgraduate Dissertation modules, Facilitating Information Literacy Education, Transliteracy and Web 2.0. Assessment tutor for the MA in Information Management
Publications and conference papers:
Books
- Andretta, S. (Ed.) (2007) Change and Challenge: Information literacy for the 21st Century Adelaide: Auslib Press.
- Andretta, S. (2005) Information Literacy: a practitioner’s guide Oxford: Chandos Publishing.
Chapters
- Andretta, S. (2009) ‘Facilitating Information Literacy Education (FILE)’ In Handbook of library training practice and development, Brine, A. (Ed.), Vol. 3, Gower Publishing Ltd: 49-75.
- Andretta, S. (2008) 'Information literacy from the learner’s perspective. A UK study.' In Information Literacy as the crossroad of Education and Information Policies in
- Andretta, S. (2006) 'Information literacy: the new pedagogy of the question?' In Information Literacy: recognising the need, Walton, G. and Pope, A. (Eds.), Chandos Publishing: 13-20.
Printed Journal articles
- Andretta, S. (in print) ‘Evaluating information literacy educators’ practices before and after FILE: from tutor to learner-centred’ Health Information and Libraries Journal.
- Andretta, S. (2008) 'Learning and teaching in Action: Promoting reflective information literacy practice through FILE' Health Information and Libraries Journal, 25 (2): 150-153.
- Andretta, S. (2007) 'Phenomenography: a conceptual framework for information literacy education', Aslib Proceedings, 59 (2): 152-168.
- Andretta, S. (2005) 'Applied Information Research: helping the students learn how to learn.' Library + Information Update, 4 (7-8): 54-55.
- Andretta, S. (2005) 'From prescribed reading to the excitement or the burden of choice. Information Literacy: the foundation of e-learning' In Aslib Proceedings. New information perspectives, Williams, P. and Quinsee, S. (Eds.), 57 (2): 181-190.
- Andretta, S. (2004) 'Visual literacy', Library + Information Update, 3 (4): 26-27.
- Andretta, S. (2002) 'Information Literacy for ‘mere mortals’.' In Continuing Professional Education For the Information Society, Ward, P. (Ed.), K.G.Saur: 115-125.
- Andretta, S. (2001) 'Legal Information Literacy: a pilot study', New Library World, 102, 1166/1167: 255-264.
Printed Journal articles co-authored
- Andretta, S. and Cutting, A. (2003) 'Information Literacy: a Plug-and-Play approach', Libri, 53(3): 202-210.
- Andretta, S, and Sinikara, K. (2003) 'Information Literacy: a Nordic/ British comparison', Library + Information Update, 2 (5): 34-35.
- Hornby, S. and Andretta, S. (2001) ‘the Janus face of information professionals’. Education for Information, 19 (1): 35-46.
- Andretta, S. and Shelley, W. and Rose, A. (1999) ‘Creating a user-centred public service: training through open and distance learning in Ukraine’, in Improving relations between the administration and the public, Caddy, J and Jabes, J. (Eds.), Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe: 95-108.
Online journal articles
- Andretta, S. (Ed.) 2010. ‘Looking at the evidence: reflections on the need for, and impact of, Information Literacy Education (ILE)’. Journal of information literacy, 4(2): 1-5. Available at: http://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JIL/article/view/ED-V4-I2-2010
- Andretta, S. (Ed.) (2010) ‘The multifaceted nature of information literacy: solving the Rubik cube puzzle’, Journal of Information Literacy, 4(1). Available at: http://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JIL/article/view/ED-V4-I1-2010/1443
- Andretta, S. (Ed.) (2009) ‘The multifaceted nature of information literacy: solving the Rubik cube puzzle’, Journal of Information Literacy, 3(2). Available at: http://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JIL/article/view/ED-V3-I2-2009/1418
- Andretta, S. (Ed.) (2009) 'Bridging the gap between theory, research and practice of information literacy’, Journal of Information Literacy, 3(1): 1-4. Available at: http://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JIL/article/view/ED-V3-I1-2009/236
- Andretta, S. (Ed.) (2006) ‘Information Literacy: challenges of implementation’, ITALICS, 5 (1). Available at: http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/italics/vol5iss1.htm
Online journal articles co-authored
- Andretta, S., Boekhorst, A, Virkus, S., Jorgen Blaabjerg, N., Torras, M.C., Lepik, A. (2009) 'Information Literacy in
- Andretta, S. Pope, A and Walton, G. (2008) 'Information literacy education in the UK, reflections on perspectives and practical approaches of curricular integration.' Communications in Information Literacy, 2 (1). Available at: http://www.comminfolit.org/index.php/cil/article/view/Spring2008AR3/65
- Andretta, S. and Daly Swanson, B. (2008) ‘First timers view of IFLA and information literacy in
Published Conference papers
- August 2009: Keynote speaker at the World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly "Libraries create futures: Building on cultural heritage", 23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy. ‘Transliteracy: take a walk on the wild side. How the 21st Century library can bridge the divide between oral, visual, print and digital worlds’. Available at: http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla75/94-andretta-en.pdf
- August 2008: Keynote speaker at the UNESCO ‘Training the Trainers in Information Literacy Workshop’, Tallinn, Estonia. ‘The digital natives of today will be the technical dinosaurs of tomorrow’. Podcast and PowerPoint presentation available at: http://www.slideshare.net/NielsD/the-digital-nativives-of-today-presentation
- November 2007: 'Everyone can be an 'advanced' learner with information literacy' Konstanz Workshop in Information Literacy,
- August 2007: ‘Are you FIT for FILE?’ World Library and Information Congress: 73rd IFLA General Conference and Council, "Libraries for the future: Progress, Development and Partnerships", Durban, South Africa. Available at: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla73/papers/133-Andretta-en.pdf
- May 2006: ‘Information literacy: the new "pedagogy of the question?’ Information Literacy: recognising the need. May 17 2006,
- February 2006: Keynote speaker at the Information Literacy seminar organised by the Consortium of National and University Libraries (CONUL), Dublin City University, Ireland. ‘Information literacy as a catalyst for educational change’.
- May 2005: ‘Empowering the learner against all odds’. LILAC Conference. Available at: http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/CEA23AC4-A63A-43E1-81D3-DF80346CB70D/0/andretta.pdf
- August 2004: ‘Information Literacy: developing the reflective information practitioner’, 5th Annual Conference of the LTSN Centre for Information and Computer Sciences, Belfast, Ireland.
- August 2003: ‘Developing Independent Learning skills via the web’, 4th Annual Conference of the LTSN Centre for Information and Computer Sciences, Galway, Ireland.
- Publications, research and conference details are available at: http://www.ilit.org/ilresearch/indexilresearch.htm
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