The Information Literacy Handbook

Charting the Discipline

The Information Literacy Handbook will showcase works that collectively support the case that information literacy is a maturing soft applied discipline. The recognition of information literacy as a discipline will provide substantial outcomes, including nurturing new research and education.

This comprehensive and subject-defining handbook draws together the work of an international group of researchers and educators to collectively recognize information literacy (IL) as a maturing soft applied discipline.

Showcasing current and historical scholarly research and including contributions from the world’s leading researchers and practitioners in the field of IL, this handbook provides a rich understanding of the nature of information literacy, including its traditions and significant history, shared approaches to inquiry, base of knowledge, and growing communication networks. Chapters cover:

• Current perspectives on the discipline of information literacy;
• National and international IL advocacy, research and educational development;
• The history of information literacy to present day;
• Theories and methodologies used by IL researchers;
• Ethical concerns and information challenges faced by individuals and societies;
• IL models and approaches that guide IL education and research;
• Information literacy communication networks, conferences and publications.

Authoritative and encyclopaedic in nature, this state-of-the-art handbook presents the substantial impact of recognising IL as a discipline in nurturing new research and education and is an essential read for LIS academics, teachers, administrators, practitioners and students.

Contributor: Karen F. Kaufmann (Edited by), Clarence Maybee (Edited by)

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