Internationally, it is becoming widely accepted that IL standards and models need to be radically
revised to meet the needs of today’s students as the updating of the ACRL’s Standards (ACRL
2014) and the work of Spain’s Information Literacy Working Group [Grupo de Trabajo de
Alfabetización Informacional] (Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, no date) demonstrate.
Personalisation and student choice are having an ever more significant impact on teaching and
learning at all levels, often facilitated by new technologies, and their significance for IL delivery
cannot be ignored. A one-size-fits-all approach is no longer adequate; IL needs to become more
adaptable and learner-focussed. Furthermore, as the iTEC project has demonstrated, IL practices
from the twentieth century need to change to reflect not merely innovations in technology, but also
developments in pedagogy and the life and workplace skills which students need in today’s world.
Crucial to these changes are the growing emphases on creative production and collaboration, not
merely information consumption and individual attainment. InFlow is intended to be a model which
can help IL professionals respond to these issues. It is acknowledged that, as yet, the model has
been subject to only limited testing and further trials are needed, including evaluation specifically
designed to assess the central features of the model outlined above. Implementation and
evaluation outside the UK are also needed; French and Spanish translations have been produced
and begun to be shared amongst librarians. There is, therefore, much work to be done to fully
investigate the possibilities of this model, but early feedback is promising and suggests InFlow may
have the potential to promote flexible approaches to IL which support the development of skills
such as creativity, collaboration, reflection and critical thinking.