Observations of common themes in the changing workplace These are some observations of some typical changes in the thinking relating to information literacy. Educational alliances are being developed within organisations. Information literacy is not just a library issue. Team development and delivery is becoming more commonplace, and now academics, learning advisers and IT consultants are also part of the delivery mix. Librarians are taking the learning process seriously and looking at their own training deficits as teachers.
Dual qualifications are highly desirable and library educators are being challenged to respond.
Acceptance of a broad definition of information literacy is now more widespread, and we seem to have moved from our obsession with definition and the need to own it. In the teaching of information literacy there is a shift from teaching skills in isolation to presenting these within a relevant and useful discipline context as an integrated and assessed component of undergraduate programmes. Information Literacy programmes are receiving the same scrutiny through programme approval processes that are applied to other courses or programmes. Information literacy is increasingly seen as an essential part of a graduate's learning profile it is seen as one of the core generic skills essential for learning throughout life. There are some intricate politics involved in this.