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Promoting literacy in a digital age: approaches to training for information literacy
Author(s) -
Bawden David,
Robinson Lyn
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1087/095315102760319279
Subject(s) - information literacy , scope (computer science) , literacy , context (archaeology) , digital literacy , multinational corporation , critical literacy , training (meteorology) , computer science , political science , pedagogy , sociology , geography , archaeology , law , programming language , meteorology
Information literacy, and other similar ‘literacies’, such as digital literacy, mediacy, and informacy, are concepts relating to knowledge, skills, and attitudes, at various levels, in dealing with information in varied formats and diverse situations. The breadth of scope of these concepts implies that training must be equally broad, varied, and context‐sensitive. This is exemplified by two case studies of information and digital literacy training. The first is a training programme in information literacy for the scientific staff of a multinational pharmaceutical research organization. The second is a summer school dealing with digital literacy, primarily for information professionals from countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union.