Project Information Literacy

Progress Report

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At a Glance

Inception

2008.

Home

University of Washington's (UW) Information School (iSchool).

Goal

To understand how early adults conceptualize and operationalize research in the digital age.

Recently Released

PIL published a new study about how college students manage technology and multitask while they are in the library during the final weeks of the term (72 pages, 6.1 MB). For eight weeks during the spring of 2011, the PIL Team conducted 560 interviews with student participants at 10 different U.S. colleges and universities (see a map of the sample).

In the Works

During 2012, we have begun work on a new PIL research initiative that asks "what happens to the information-seeking behavior of today's college students the day after graduation?" The study will be conducted in collaboration with Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet & Society and the UW's Information School, with grant support from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Funding

PIL's ongoing research has been sponsored with contributing funds and generous support from the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, Cable in the Classroom, Cengage Learning, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and ProQuest.

Co-Directors

Dr. Alison J. Head, Research Scientist, UW iSchool and
Dr. Michael Eisenberg, Dean Emeritus and Professor, UW iSchool.