The Library Digital Information Skills Framework is aligned with the UNSW 2025 (7MB PDF) strategic plan, the 2024+ UNSW Library Plan (10MB PDF) and the UNSW Graduate Capabilities. The framework serves as the basis of the Library's support for Teaching and Learning across the university and outlines our commitment to active engagement and collaboration within the academic community through fostering partnerships with students, faculty and staff.

Our goal is to equip students with lifelong critical information and digital literacy skills, enhancing their study capabilities and preparing them for successful graduation. These skills are essential in a world faced with exponential growth of information, amplified by the impact of new technologies and AI.

Key aspects of the framework:

1. Essential literacy skills: The framework outlines a structured progression of information and digital literacy skills, scaffolded across different stages of the student academic journey. This outlines how we can work with Faculties to co-design targeted and effective learning experiences aligned with course and program outcomes, and the UNSW Graduate Capabilities.
2. Pedagogically driven approach: Our approach is strategic and scalable, catering to diverse student cohorts and programs. We achieve this through the Library service model for curriculum support, Library essentials and in-faculty collaboration.
3. Information services alignment: The framework plays a pivotal role in aligning the Library - Information Services Department with the services we provide. It ensures that our offerings adhere to established standards, reinforcing our commitment to high-quality information services and essential literacy skill development.
4. Measuring success: We will measure our success through collaboration with course instructors to design curriculum based and aligned library resources/training that leads to a demonstrable improvement in student's research skills.

April 2024