Louise Pieper from Gold Coast Public Libraries talks about why abook club blog can build community and reduce social isolation. Public library users often resistant to more formal instruction in information literacy. Customers don’t want to lose face or to be seen as ignorant or illiterate. They don’t want to be at school.
Louse suggests that libraries: Be covert. be viral. Let information literacy seep through. Don’t call it information literacy, as it can be off putting. Look at ways of using web 2.0 to build information literacy skills covertly.
Their blog: Book coasters is a way of fostering lifelong learning skills virally. The online book club can:
- promote reading and informal learning
- allow people to develop new transliteracy skills
- builds community
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