Alternatives to Being Information Literate

Isto Huvila

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-74334-9_82

Alternatives to Being Information Literate

Isto Huvila

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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.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Title of host publication	Information Literacy in the Workplace
Editors	Serap Kurbanoğlu, Joumana Boustany, Sonja Špiranec, Esther Grassian, Diane Mizrachi, Loriene Roy
Publisher	Springer
Pages	813–821
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-74334-9
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-74333-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74334-9_82
Publication status	Published - 2018
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	European Conference on Information Literacy 2017 - 5th European Conference, ECIL 2017, Saint Malo, France, Duration: 18 Sept 2017 → 21 Sept 2017

Conference

Conference	European Conference on Information Literacy 2017
Period	18/09/17 → 21/09/17

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