An Introduction to Workplace Literacy Programs

Workplace Literacy Programs: Why the Mismatch Between Availability and Need?

Swapping settings: researching information literacy in workplace and in educational contexts

Introduction. Information literacy research is characterised by a multitude of interests, research approaches and theoretical starting-points. Challenges lie in the relevance of research to professional fields where information literacy is a concern, and the need to build a strong theoretical base for the research area. We aim to lay a foundation for a discussion on how researchers may approach...

Seven aspects of the information literacy experience and the complexity of the task: A review

Introduction: Information literacy experience focuses on the abilities of acquiring and using information in order to respond to customers and exchange information with other colleagues and use information in the workplace. As the task complexity increases, the experience of information literacy becomes important due to different information behaviors (ie, diversity and complexity of informatio...

From school to work and from work to school: information environments and transferring information literacy practices

Introduction. This study, based in a Scottish secondary school, aimed to examine the views of students who were completing work experience, on their information literacy practices, and the differences they found between the school and workplace information environments while on work experience. The views of guidance teachers were also explored. Method. The study used a constructivist grounded t...

Analytical implications of using practice theory in workplace information literacy research

Introduction. This paper considers practice theory and the analytical implications of using this theoretical approach in information literacy research. More precisely the aim of the paper is to discuss the translation of practice theoretical assumptions into strategies that frame the analytical focus and interest when researching workplace information literacy. Two practice theoretical perspect...