Call for papers: The Australian Library Journal - Special Issue on community and workplace information literacy. Guest Editor: The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) Information Literacy Forum. Contact: Helen Partridge Email: h.partridge@qut.edu.au Full papers (3000-5000 words) are due February 15 2008
This special issue is seeking papers on any aspect of information literacy within community and workplace contexts. Contributors to the special issue may like to consider the following questions to guide the development of their submissions:
What does information literacy mean within workplace and community settings?
What strategies are needed to ensure that information literacy is relevant within workplace and community?
What are the priorities for establishing information literacy within workplace and community?
Whose responsibility is it to foster information literacy within workplace and community?
How is information literacy experienced within workplace and community?
What should information literacy education/programmes in community and workplace settings consist of?
How do you measure the information literacy success and improvement of people in community or workplace settings?
What are the economic, social and cultural issues and challenges if people in community and workplace settings are not information literate?
What skills and knowledge are needed by librarians and information professionals if they are to successfully meet the challenge of facilitating information literacy within workplace and community?
How can current LIS education help in preparing the library and information professional for facilitating information literacy in community and workplace settings?
This special issue is seeking papers on any aspect of information literacy within community and workplace contexts. Contributors to the special issue may like to consider the following questions to guide the development of their submissions:
What does information literacy mean within workplace and community settings?
What strategies are needed to ensure that information literacy is relevant within workplace and community?
What are the priorities for establishing information literacy within workplace and community?
Whose responsibility is it to foster information literacy within workplace and community?
How is information literacy experienced within workplace and community?
What should information literacy education/programmes in community and workplace settings consist of?
How do you measure the information literacy success and improvement of people in community or workplace settings?
What are the economic, social and cultural issues and challenges if people in community and workplace settings are not information literate?
What skills and knowledge are needed by librarians and information professionals if they are to successfully meet the challenge of facilitating information literacy within workplace and community?
How can current LIS education help in preparing the library and information professional for facilitating information literacy in community and workplace settings?
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