This book provides coverage of content and skills essential for those who intend positioning themselves in the academic or workplace environments that are globally connected and competitive - environments where information literacy is no longer a nice to have or recommended proficiency, but a life-long skill to be nurtured. This clear, well-structured text leads the reader through all aspects of information literacy and provides practical advice and relevant examples from a variety of international contexts.
"This issue of Library Technology Reports is for librarians who serve all age levels and who can help by teaching users both that they need to be aware and how to be aware of fake news.
27 From Neutrality and Resistance to Critical Engagement Bonnie A. Nardi and Vicki O'Day suggest that the dominant metaphors used in writing about technology depersonalize it, either casting technology as value neutral or as part of a ...
This book is an exploration of information literacy and ICT skills education from the point of view of social and political theory.
Smart Online Searching: Doing Digital Research, from the trusted Searchlight Books brand, will teach readers about the concept of ownership of intellectual work and provide online research strategies.
This book examines the various types of literacy that are important in the Digital Age of rapid technological change and proliferating information resources in a variety of formats.