PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present the Danish inter‐library lending (ILL) environment with the focus on its current status, the level of automation and future development.Design/methodology/approachThe paper describes Danish ILL cooperation.FindingsFocussing on standards and automation delivers a better service. Danish ILL has a high level of automation. The combination of standards, interaction between systems and dedicated functions in the national system delivers an effective handling of ILL and document delivery.Originality/valueThis is the first paper to provide a detailed overview of the modern ILL system in Denmark.

Today students are met with expectations of being able to navigate in a broad spectre of digital challenges. The STAK project aims at developing specific digital didactic designs in the form of learning patterns that support and develop students' digital competencies, within areas such as digital sharing, open access, online collaboration and other emerging technological opportunities and challenges. The concept of “Learning Patterns” covers a method used to capture experience about best practice from educators and other experts, and disseminate these into concrete learning patterns and activities. These concrete learning patterns are then systematised and described in such a way that it is possible for others to understand them and reuse them. As a product, learning patterns can be described as a “how-to”-formula that you can transfer to your own teaching. The STAK project aims at developing approximately 300 learning patterns within four categories: Digital information competencies, digital participatory competencies, digital production competencies, and digital responsibility- and security competencies. As the STAK project progresses, the concrete learning patterns will be available on an OER (open educational resource) along with models and templates for how to develop learning patterns. In the presentation, we focus on our work processes with developing learning patterns in the project and present a concrete learning pattern. We are also going to provide you with insight into how you can use this method to develop your own learning patterns.

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present the Danish agreement with OCLC's WorldCat and the perspectives for international cooperation.Design/methodology/approachThe paper describes the Danish ILL cooperation, the project and WorldCat as a case study of international cooperation which will increase the effectiveness of the international ILL service.FindingsCooperation with an international organization works better when coordinated nationally.Originality/valueThe Danish agreement with OCLC covers both main activities: ILL and cataloguing – creation and use of bibliographic data.

The presentation will focus on the challenge of unifying the librarians’ skills, knowledge, and eagerness to communicate these, with the students’ need for information literacy (IL). We propose that this is done best by departing from the view of IL as a normative concept where the meeting between librarian and the students focusses on teaching the students tools and techniques for future use. We perceive it as far more beneficial to view IL from a Limberg perspective, where focus is on the students’ learning and needs in his/her current situation and context.Based on teaching experiences at Aalborg University Library, we will explore the shift in approach to IL through two cases. The teaching activities at Aalborg University are founded on problem-based learning (PBL). PBL entails among other things that students are responsible for their own learning and work with real problems in groups. PBL is therefore a highly significant element in our perception of IL and a corner stone in the teaching activities at Aalborg University Library.Our new approach to IL specifically means that we more gradually than before instill the students with the knowledge and skills needed. In our teaching activities, we focus on showing the complexity of the academic world of information, and at the same time provide the students with basic navigation skills. Hopefully, this enables them to discover what it is they need to know in order to become information literate in the given situation, and if necessary ask us for assistance to achieve this. Based on their motivation to learn, we can support our teaching with a guidance session where we unfold the tools and knowledge required for them to become information literate in their given situation.

Do we as librarians really know what students at our universities need to develop their information literacy? Yes, to some extent, but not necessarily completely. In Spring 2018, two librarians at Aalborg University Library have joined forces with two student project groups to explore the students’ views on what they need and how that corresponds with our knowledge and professional experience of what it takes to become information literate. We also focus on how best to accommodate these different needs in terms of digital tools. Teaching activities at Aalborg University are based on problem-based learning (PBL). The students work in groups with projects focusing on real problems, and they are responsible for their own learning. Thus, in our partnership with the two project groups, the students are the driving force in the development, and we are collaborators in their process. One group is exploring the idea of developing a knowledge-sharing tool for use in project-based group work. The other group focuses on developing a tool that can support the process of information searching. In our presentation, we will focus on the students’ ideas on how to create relevant tools for students, the actual tools, and our experience with engaging in co-creation-processes with students. Our co-creation processes are defined as an equal partnership with the students. However, although we have defined the scope of our partnership, we do not provide the solution. Our co-creation processes and their outcome are characterized by being deliberately unpredictable in order to further innovative ideas and creative thinking.