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Alternatives to Being Information Literate

verfasst von : Isto Huvila

Erschienen in: Information Literacy in the Workplace

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Abstract

In contrast to the relative abundance of conceptualisations of “information literacy”, the earlier research has placed considerably less attention on its alternatives. The findings show that there are shades of being less and non-literate beyond a mere lack of necessary skills or engagement in inappropriate practices. Information illiteracy can be experienced as a problem but it can also represent a conscious choice for delimiting and organising information practices. From a theoretical and practical perspective, this study suggests that both information literacies and information illiteracies should be taken into account in information literacy research and education, and when developing and deploying information systems and services to compensate for the lack of literacies.

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Metadaten
Titel
Alternatives to Being Information Literate
verfasst von
Isto Huvila
Copyright-Jahr
2018
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74334-9_82