The development of digital information literacy (DIL) has been slow in comparison to changes in information communication technologies, and this remains an issue for the higher education sector. Competency in such skills is essential to full participation in society and work. In addition, these skills are regarded as underpinning the ability to maintain life long learning. Evidence suggests tha...

The rapid and ubiquitous proliferation of new media literacy tools and texts create opportunities for widespread innovation, and challenges the traditional English, Language Arts analysis and description of the processes of literacy in a digital world. The authors of this issue address these changes in articles that draw upon their personal experiences, research, teaching, and participatory res...

This paper presents and describes the implementation of digital literacy in English curriculum in the context of Hong Kong. We outline two major challenges of introducing digital pedagogy in humanities classrooms at the undergraduate level and discuss with specific reference to two cases the strategies we have taken to tackle them.

Design/methodology/approach – An overview of the literature on information literacy skills and the digital divide, an analysis of information seeking research, as well as experience in teaching a course in advanced information retrieval at the Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa, inspired a theoretical model for addressing different layers of the digital divide.

This second edition of Information Literacy: Essential Skills for the Information Age remains true to the first edition (published in 1998). The main changes involved the updating of educational standards discussed in the text, as well as the updating of the term history. Overall, this book serves as a detailed definition of the concept of information literacy and focuses heavily on presenting ...

The Library Information Science Collection is a specialized reference collection which supports research in the field of Library Information Science. This premier package includes 13 scholarly titles focusing on library information science, digital libraries, and digital literacy. These titles represent IGI Global’s unique coverage of the impact and effective use of technology within the area o...