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Author:   Stéphane Goldstein
Publisher:   Facet Publishing
Imprint:   Facet Publishing
Edition:   2nd New edition
ISBN:  

9781783304226

ISBN 10:   1783304227
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   07 January 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents List of figures and tables Notes on the authors Foreword — Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe Introduction — Stéphane Goldstein 1 Information literacy in the digital age: why critical digital literacy matters for democracy — Gianfranco Polizzi 2 The discourses of power, information and literacy — Andrew Whitworth 3 What intellectual empathy can offer information literacy education — Andrea Baer 4 The ‘post-truth’ world, misinformation, and information literacy: a perspective from cognitive science — Stephan Lewandowsky 5 Media and information literacy: intersection and evolution, a brief history — Jesús Lau and Alton Grizzle 6 Information literacy and national policy making — John Crawford 7 Information literacy as a growth pillar for a fledgling democracy — Reggie Raju, Glynnis Johnson and Zanele Majebe 8 Information literacy and the societal imperative of information discernment — Geoff Walton, Jamie Barker, Matthew Pointon, Martin Turner and Andrew Wilkinson 9 Libraries and democracy: complementarity in a regime of truth — Hilary Yerbury and Maureen Henninger 10 Scottish public libraries welcome Syrian new Scots: a transition from being a refugee to becoming an active part of the community — Konstantina Martzoukou 11 Information literacy, lifelong learning and the needs of an ageing population — Bill Johnston Index

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'A seminal body of outstanding scholarship...Informed Societies: Why information literacy matters for citizenship, participation and democracy is comprised of eleven erudite articles by experts that collectively explain how and why information literacy can help to foster critical thinking and discerning attitudes, enabling citizens to play an informed role in society and its democratic processes.' - Library Bookwatch, Midwest Book Review * Midwest Book Review *

'A seminal body of outstanding scholarship...Informed Societies: Why information literacy matters for citizenship, participation and democracy is comprised of eleven erudite articles by experts that collectively explain how and why information literacy can help to foster critical thinking and discerning attitudes, enabling citizens to play an informed role in society and its democratic processes.'- Library Bookwatch, Midwest Book Review * Midwest Book Review *

Author Information

Stéphane Goldstein is Executive Director of InformAll which, through research, analysis and facilitation, promotes the relevance, importance and benefits of information literacy in the library world and beyond. He is the author of reports, articles and other material on the relevance and applicability of IL to a range of settings, particularly in the context of the workplace. He is a strong advocate for IL, and as such, brokers relationships between information professionals and other stakeholders, and facilitates joint projects. He previously spent 10 years at the Research Information Network (RIN), where he led on information literacy activities; there, he was also responsible for project management and policy formulation in the broad area of information as a input and output of the research process. He previously worked in a range of science and research policy roles at the Medical Research Council and Research Councils UK.

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