.... The survey included questions on information seeking processes, personality, approaches to learning and self-efficacy with information literacy. The literature review examined evidence around the transition from nursing student to practitioner and the Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL...

... Information research Learning Communication Literacy Many authors have examined the information behaviors and/or practices of writers (Brandt, 2005 ; Desrochers and Pecoskie, 2015 ; Ko, 2012), artists (Beaudoins, 2014 ; Hemmig, 2008, 2009 ; Mason and Robinson, 2011), welfare workers (Lea French...

...Anna Hampson Lundh; Mats Dolatkhah; Louise Limberg Thus, this paper seeks to contribute to the research sub-field of Information Seeking and Learning – which to some extent overlaps the research area of Information Literacy (Limberg and Sundin, 2006) – through a historical analysis. Research...

...Irene Lopatovska; Tiffany Carcamo; Nicholas Dease; Elijah Jonas; Simen Kot; Grace Pamperien; Anthony Volpe; Kurt Yalcin Purpose In an effort to advance visual literacy (VL) education, the purpose of this paper is to develop and test a VL instruction program for 2.5-4-year-old children in a public...

... Limited Licensed re-use rights only The purpose of this paper is to understand young children’s knowledge of visual literacy elements as well as their ability to comprehend newly introduced visual literacy concepts. The study also examined existing support for visual literacy programs from...

...); and their support workers. Findings – Heightened access and internalised behavioural barriers found beyond those common to the general adolescent population, the former influenced by technology and literacy issues, the latter by social structures and norms. There is evidence suggestive of deception, risk...

... the importance of libraries is vital to demonstrate their value to children’s literacy. Two methodologies were combined to study children visiting children’s mobile libraries (CMLs). The purpose of this paper is to consider whether the combined, qualitative methodology was the correct choice. Design...

...Peter Stordy Purpose – Digital technologies have transformed what it means to be literate and to experience literacy. Various literacies have been coined to capture this transformation including established literacies like computer literacy, information literacy, digital literacy, media literacy...

... devices. It can facilitate access and enhance text comprehension. QuikScan Signalling devices Information design Literacy Text recall Summaries Reading Reading aids At least as far back as the seventeenth century, readers have complained about the super‐abundance of text (Robert Burton...

...Annemaree Lloyd; Mary Anne Kennan; Kim M. Thompson; Asim Qayyum Purpose – The purpose of the research reported in this article is to understand how refugees learn to engage with a complex, multimodal information landscape and how their information literacy practice may be constructed to enable...

... the understanding of how the new media affects the growth of knowledge. The popular culture of open digital literacy among non-specialists requires now a more systemic response. At present, we have too much contestation and not enough knowledge – as deliberated at length by Hartley. After providing a table...

...Paul Sturges Esther S.   Grassian and Joan R.   Kaplowitz . Information Literacy Instruction: Theory and Practice (2nd edition) . New York, NY : Neal‐Schuman Publishers   2009 . 412 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐55570‐666‐1 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010...

...Sonja Špiranec; Mihaela Banek Zorica Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce the term Information Literacy 2.0 as a subset of information literacy, to describe its development and significance and give an outline of its underlying theoretical assumptions. Design/methodology/approach...

... as an oracle of modern times. Various studies and reports stress the importance of information literacy as a key for success in information societies and indicate the consequences of a lack of information literacy (ALA, 1989 ; AWT, 2005 ; Drucker, 1993 ; Van Deursen and Van Dijk, 2008). This study...

...Heidi Julien; Shelagh K. Genuis Purpose Library staff are experiencing increased work role complexity as they move from being service providers towards greater instructional roles, providing bibliographic instruction, user education, and information literacy instruction. The purpose of this paper...

... information literacy skills to both students and children. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Internet Libraries Information Literacy This is in many ways an interesting book. First of all, it is important to emphasise that the themes of the book are very practical in nature...

...S. Serap Kurbanoglu This paper is primarily concerned with self‐efficacy in the context of information literacy. The focus is first on the concept of self‐efficacy, followed by attainment of self‐efficacy beliefs. Finally, findings of the research, the aim of which was to explore students’ (who...