TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards an understanding of information literacy in context
T2 - Implications for research
AU - Lloyd-Zantiotis, Annemaree
AU - Williamson, Christina
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: month (773h) = March 2008; Journal title (773t) = Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. ISSNs: 0961-0006;
PY - 2008/3
Y1 - 2008/3
N2 - Information literacy (IL) has been described as a core literacy. However emerging empirical research indicates that the phenomenon will have different characteristics in different contexts and will be played out in culturally different ways. This paper reviews the nature and growth of IL to ascertain how researchers understand the phenomenon in various contexts. It then considers the contradictions across contexts and the importance of context to understanding the complexity of IL. The conclusion is that a focus on various contexts, not yet explored, will result in the need for a new agenda for IL research
AB - Information literacy (IL) has been described as a core literacy. However emerging empirical research indicates that the phenomenon will have different characteristics in different contexts and will be played out in culturally different ways. This paper reviews the nature and growth of IL to ascertain how researchers understand the phenomenon in various contexts. It then considers the contradictions across contexts and the importance of context to understanding the complexity of IL. The conclusion is that a focus on various contexts, not yet explored, will result in the need for a new agenda for IL research
KW - Open access version available
KW - Community
KW - Education
KW - Information literacy
KW - Research
KW - Workplace
U2 - 10.1177/0961000607086616
DO - 10.1177/0961000607086616
M3 - Article
SN - 0961-0006
VL - 40
SP - 3
EP - 12
JO - Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
JF - Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
IS - 1
ER -