A model defining core abilities and understandings of information literacy in higher education.
Seven pillars model
In 1999, The SCONUL Working Group on Information Literacy published “Information skills in higher education: a SCONUL position paper” (SCONUL, 1999), introducing the Seven Pillars of Information Skills model. Since then, the model has been adopted by librarians and teachers around the world as a means of helping them to deliver information skills to their learners. The model was revised in 2011, and then reviewed in 2015.
SCONUL endeavours to keep this work up-to-date an a changing educational environment through regular reviews and lenses for different users.
Reviews of the model
Review of core model (2015) (pdf)
Core model (updated in 2011) (pdf)
Lenses
Graduate employability- full report (2015) (pdf)
Graduate employability - lens only (2015) (pdf)
(for more resources related to employability, see our employability toolkit)
Digital literacy lens - lens only (2013) (pdf)
Open Content / Open Educational Resources lens (2013) (pdf)
Research lens - full report (2011) (pdf)
Further resources
A study on the use of SCONUL Seven Pillars (2009) (pdf)
Original model: a briefing paper on information skills in higher education (1999) (pdf)