Bedding down the embedding: IL reality in a teacher education program

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is one of Australia’s largest universities, enrolling 30 000 students. Our Information Literacy Framework and Syllabus was endorsed as university policy in February 2001. QUT Library uses the Australian Information Literacy Standards as the basis and entry point for our syllabus. The university-wide information literacy program promotes critical thinking and equips individuals for lifelong learning (Peacock, 2002a). Information literacy has developed as a premium agenda within the university community, as documented by Judith Peacock, the university’s information literacy co-ordinator (Peacock, 2002b).