Information literacy landscapes information literacy in education, workplace and everyday contexts
Drawing upon the author's on going research into information literacy, Information Literacy Landscapes explores the nature of the phenomenon from a socio-cultural perspective, which offers a more holistic approach to understanding information literacy as a catalyst for learning. This perspectiv...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Chandos Publishing
2010.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
| Colección: | Chandos information professional series
Chandos Information Professional Series |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628117006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Information Literacy Landscapes: Information literacy in education, workplace and everyday contexts; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; About the author; Acknowledgements; Foreword; 1 Introduction; The nature of this book; Aim of this book; Structure of this book; References; 2 Conceptual orientation; Introduction; What is an information landscape?; Information and literacy; Practice theory, situated learning and communities of practice; Bodies in practice; Communities of practice; Situated learning; Information practice research in library and information science
- Connecting practice and information literacyConceptualizing information literacy; Theorizing information literacy as a meta-practice; Conclusions; References; 3 Information literacy practice in academic libraries and the higher education landscape; Introduction; Foundation studies of information literacy in the higher education sector; Definitions and descriptions of information literacy in the educational sector; Critiques of information literacy; Information literacy as practice in educational settings; Education for information literacy practitioners
- Collaborative practices: librarian and faculty relationshipsProgrammes and frameworks for information literacy education; Information literacy standards and frameworks in higher education; Advocacy, strategy and lifelong learning; Conclusions: information literacy practice in the education landscape; References; 4 Information literacy in the workplace landscape; Introduction; Foundation research into workplace information literacy; Information literacy as a competency and skill; Corporate and small business sectors; Advocating information literacy skills into the workplace; Beyond skills
- Information literacy from a socio-cultural perspective: Lloyd's workplace studiesIssues for workplace information literacy; Conclusions; References; 5 Information literacy advocacy and the public library landscape; Introduction; Advocacy of information literacy; Information literacy in the public library sector; Aspirational information literacy: governance and civil society; Health information literacy; Characteristics of information literacy in the public sector landscape; Conclusions; References; 6 Landscapes of information literacy; Introduction
- Information literacy landscapes: a general overviewFeatures of information literacy in the educational, workplace and community landscapes; Workplace landscape settings; Community landscape; Conclusions; References; 7 A conceptual architecture for information literacy practice; Introduction; Conceptualizing an architecture for information literacy; Concepts for theorizing information literacy architecture in the landscape model; Context matters; Discourse; Information modalities; Information practice; Information activities; Conclusion; References; Concluding comments; References; Index
