Searching as Information Literacy Unpacking the ACRL Frame of Searching As Strategic Exploration

Searching as Information Literacy Unpacking the ACRL Frame of Searching As Strategic Exploration is an OER that includes a podcast, blog and associated exercise. Three University of Ottawa librarians are interviewed on search challenges they have encountered and their proposed search strategies as it relates to the ACRL framework: Searching as Strategic Exploration. Although it is possible to present an analysis of search strategies solely in writing or in traditional in-personal presentations, newer media such as podcasts allow for innovative delivery of the material in a more immediate and visceral way. That is, the audience is able to hear and receive the information directly from the experts themselves, in their own words. A podcast is also able to convey the aural nuance of a given speaker in a way that conventional scholarly approaches can’t quite duplicate. We believe that a podcast with real librarians’ voices speaking to and guiding students about exploratory searching, using recent, real-life examples, represents a dynamic, useful, engaging and relevant educational tool for our target audience - MLIS, MIS students. Podcast can be found on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/somesoundsbylina/searching-as-information Access to the blog: https://esisuottawa.wixsite.com/esisinfolit/post/searching-as-information-literacy-unpacking-the-acrl-frame-of-searching-as-strategic-exploratio