The body in the library: using collaborative working to develop effective and efficient online information literacy training for distance learners at the University of Portsmouth

‘The body in the Library’ – a self-contained activity hosted through the University of Portsmouth’s ‘Victory’ VLE (Virtual Learning Environment)– was launched by the Portsmouth University Library in September 2009. Designed to address parallel concerns about information literacy teaching for distance learners and about the administrative workload of the Law and Criminology Librarian, the activity has proved a positive experience in collaborative working and a beneficial tool in addressing the problems faced by both staff and students.