Open AccessInformation literacy and literacies of information:
Author(s) -
Annemareé Lloyd
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of information literacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.479
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 1750-5968
DOI - 10.11645/11.1.2185
Subject(s) - information literacy , champion , space (punctuation) , sociology , focus (optics) , field (mathematics) , convergence (economics) , epistemology , pedagogy , computer science , political science , philosophy , physics , mathematics , optics , pure mathematics , law , economics , economic growth , operating system
Information literacy (IL) research tends to fall into one of two spaces. In the conceptual space the research concern rests with understanding the experience and core elements of the practice and how it emerges. In the practical space the execution and outcome of the practice as markers of successful teaching and learning are the focus. The division between these spaces and the lack of researcher/practitioner convergence create a conundrum that limits our ability to theorise IL, to adequately situate IL in library and information science research, to champion its benefits outside the library and information science field, or to promote to funding bodies the impact of IL. To address this conundrum a theory and foundational model of IL is described which attempts to reconstruct the IL space and its enactments without privileging research or practice.