Table of Contents
Chapter 2: Conceptual orientation
What is an information landscape?
Practice theory, situated learning and communities of practice
Information practice research in library and information science
Connecting practice and information literacy
Conceptualizing information literacy
Theorizing information literacy as a meta-practice
Chapter 3: Information literacy practice in academic libraries and the higher education landscape
Foundation studies of information literacy in the higher education sector
Definitions and descriptions of information literacy in the educational sector
Critiques of information literacy
Information literacy as practice in educational settings
Education for information literacy practitioners
Collaborative practices: librarian and faculty relationships
Programmes and frameworks for information literacy education
Information literacy standards and frameworks in higher education
Advocacy, strategy and lifelong learning
Conclusions: information literacy practice in the education landscape
Chapter 4: Information literacy in the workplace landscape
Foundation research into workplace information literacy
Information literacy as a competency and skill
Corporate and small business sectors
Advocating information literacy skills into the workplace
Information literacy from a socio-cultural perspective: Lloyd’s workplace studies
Issues for workplace information literacy
Chapter 5: Information literacy advocacy and the public library landscape
Advocacy of information literacy
Information literacy in the public library sector
Aspirational information literacy: governance and civil society
Characteristics of information literacy in the public sector landscape
Chapter 6: Landscapes of information literacy
Information literacy landscapes: a general overview
Features of information literacy in the educational, workplace and community landscapes
Chapter 7: A conceptual architecture for information literacy practice
Conceptualizing an architecture for information literacy
Concepts for theorizing information literacy architecture in the landscape model