Open AccessThe learning continuum: economical best practices for implementing and achieving a community’s information literacy goals
Author(s) -
Shiva Darbandi,
Carolyn Waite,
Rose Flores Medlock
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
library and information research/library and information research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2752-7336
pISSN - 1756-1086
DOI - 10.29173/lirg559
Subject(s) - blueprint , information literacy , plan (archaeology) , literacy , public relations , field (mathematics) , focus (optics) , service (business) , computer science , political science , sociology , business , library science , pedagogy , engineering , marketing , mechanical engineering , mathematics , archaeology , pure mathematics , physics , optics , history
Information literacy is a driving force in the field of librarianship, however, the often underestimated complexity of the concept, the primary focus on academic libraries, the intricacies involved with transliteracies, and the obstacles associated with technology make it difficult to establish a strategy for meeting a community’s information literacy needs. Budget cuts have especially impacted public library programming, pushing information literacy goals further out of reach. Faced with this adversity, Lancashire Library Service partnered with Credo to enhance their current information literacy plan, which yielded immediate results and provides a blueprint that public libraries may follow to achieve similar goals.