This element of the model outlines the key stakeholders in the information literacy
curricular integration, how to communicate and establish personal relationships between
academic staff and librarians and the effective ways to collaborate when working with
multiple parties in designing information literacy curriculum. The model suggests that
librarians play a proactive role in the curricular integration of information literacy.
However, the bottom-up approach to integrating information literacy will only happen
when the course coordinators and lecturers are aware of the importance of information
literacy and are willing to have it integrated into their course curriculum. The heads of
faculties or departments are important in the top-down approach. The bottom-up
approach here means that the curricular integration of information literacy is
implemented by individual teaching staff including lecturers and librarians. The
top-down approach here means the curricular integration of information literacy is
endorsed by the institute or by the department. Student needs and student feedback are
very important in information literacy curricular design and integration.
The next section explores the development of information literacy integration and
information literacy curricular desig