Critical Literacy for Information Professionals

• Main Author: McNicol, Sarah
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Facet Publishing 2016; Facet Pub; Facet
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Bibliothèques; Bibliothèques > Services aux usagers; Critical pedagogy; Critical pedagogy fast; Critical thinking > Study and teaching; Culture de l'information > Étude et enseignement; Folkbibliotek sao; Information literacy; Information literacy > Study and teaching; Information literacy > Study and teaching fast; Informationskompetens sao; Informationskompetenz gnd; Kritisk pedagogik sao; Libraries; libraries (buildings) aat; Libraries and education; Libraries and Museums eflch; Libraries and Museums ukslc; Libraries fast; Literacy; Literacy > Study and teaching; Literacy > Study and teaching fast; Public services (Libraries); Public services (Libraries) fast; Pédagogie critique
• ISBN: 9781783301058; 1783301503; 9781783300822; 1783301058; 1783300825; 9781783301508
• DOI: 10.29085/9781783301508

This edited collection explores critical literacy theory and provides practical guidance to how it can be taught and applied in libraries. Critical literacy asks fundamental questions about our understanding of knowledge. Unlike more conventional approaches to literacy and resource evaluation, with critical literacy there is no single ‘correct' way to read and respond to a text or resource. A commitment to equity and social justice sets critical literacy apart from many other types of literacy and links it to wider societal debates, such as internationalization, community cohesion and responses to disability. The book provides a foundation of critical literacy theory, as applied to libraries; combines theory and practice to explore critical literacy in relation to different user groups, and offers practical ways to introduce critical literacy approaches in libraries.