Foundations of Information Literacy
Published on 30. August 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-8389-4970-2 (ISBN)
Description
It's not hyperbole to conclude that in today's world, information literacy is essential for survival and success; and also that, if left unchecked, the social consequences of widespread misinformation and information illiteracy will only continue to grow more dire. Thus its study must be at the core of every LIS education. While many books have been written on information literacy, this text is the first to examine information literacy from a cross-national, cross-cultural, and cross-institutional perspective. The ideal resource for introducing students to this important subject, in this book the authors also explore key related issues such as technology, public policy, human rights, community engagement, and advocacy. Drawing upon both the latest research and best practices, they address information literacy in ways relevant for all types of libraries, providing both the broader context and a range of applied strategies and programs for promoting and teaching information literacy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
1 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8389-4970-2 (9780838949702)
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Paul T. Jaeger, PhD, JD, is co-director of the Information Policy and Access Center and assistant professor in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland.
Natalie Greene Taylor, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida. Her research focuses on young people's access to information. More specifically, she studies youth information behaviour, information intermediaries, and information policy as it affects youth information access. She is an editor of Library Quarterly and has published articles in Government Information Quarterly, Information Polity, Information Retrieval Journal, International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age, Journal of Documentation, Journal of Information Science, and Public Library Quarterly, among others. She has also co-authored two books: Digital Literacy and Digital Inclusion: Information Policy and the Public Library and Libraries, Human Rights, and Social Justice: Enabling Access and Promoting Inclusion, and co-edited the book Perspectives on Libraries as Institutions of Human Rights and Social Justice.
Natalie Greene Taylor, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida. Her research focuses on young people's access to information. More specifically, she studies youth information behaviour, information intermediaries, and information policy as it affects youth information access. She is an editor of Library Quarterly and has published articles in Government Information Quarterly, Information Polity, Information Retrieval Journal, International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age, Journal of Documentation, Journal of Information Science, and Public Library Quarterly, among others. She has also co-authored two books: Digital Literacy and Digital Inclusion: Information Policy and the Public Library and Libraries, Human Rights, and Social Justice: Enabling Access and Promoting Inclusion, and co-edited the book Perspectives on Libraries as Institutions of Human Rights and Social Justice.