This paper describes the creation of ‘real life’ case studies to enhance teaching
materials in UK library and information science departments. Through the Higher
Education Funding Council for England, funding has been granted to the Library and
Information Management Employability Skills two year project. Led by the
Department of Information Science at Loughborough University, the project funding
has facilitated the creation of teaching materials by library and information science
academics at Loughborough University, the University of the West of England,
Bristol and Liverpool John Moores University. Case studies have been created in
collaboration with practitioners in response to employability skills gaps identified by
the library and information sector. The materials include case studies in the use of
branding in marketing, customer care, information auditing and disability issues in
collection management.
The LIMES project has also facilitated three communities of practice in Research
Methods, Information Literacy and Cataloguing and Indexing. Academics and
practitioners have been brought together to create case study material to enhance
existing teaching materials in these areas. The project will be sustained by the Higher
Education Academy Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences.½