I have uploaded the second published article that mentions FOSIL – Schools in Crisis: Toward a Coherent Curriculum (PDF download) – which I wrote by invitation for K&IM Refer (Volume 33, Number 3, Winter 2017), the CILIP K&IM Journal.

Note: For some inexplicable reason, the figure numbers in the published article below are incorrect – starting at 2 rather than 1 – although the figure titles are correct and match the figures.

This article is significant because:

1. It positions the library as an academic department that is integral to the educational process.
2. It introduces the FOSIL Cycle in recognisable form., although the distinction between the research process and the inquiry process is not yet clear.
3. It anticipates a foundational element of our definition of inquiry, which is that it leads to “knowledge of the world and ourselves in it,” with individual subjects/ disciplines providing different but equally necessary approaches/ perspectives if our knowledge is to be a coherent whole; this, in turn, assigns a unique place and role to the library /ian.

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