The Winter issue 2009 of the Journal of Information Literacy has been published.
Of particular interest is the Editorial by
Susie Andretta The multifaceted nature of information literacy: solving the Rubik cube puzzle. (1-5)
The collection of papers presented in this issue positions information literacy in diverse contexts, implying that this phenomenon has finally permeated our social, educational and professional consciousness. This is in line with Catts and Lau’s claim that information literacy "needs to be considered not only in relation to education, but also in the broader context of work, civil society, and health and well being" (Catts and Lau 2008, p. 9). The diverse interpretations of information literacy presented in this issue are illustrated by a visual metaphor which has inspired the title of this editorial 'The multifaceted nature of information literacy: solving the Rubik cube puzzle’. Each facet of information literacy corresponds to one of the colours of the Rubik cube1.
This multifaceted aspect of IL is something that John and I have spoken about over the years as a result of our experiences and knowledge plus project / research work.
Of the articles within the issue three are written by known associates including:
project partners Jenny & Lesley
Audrey Marshall (John and I were external advisers on the net.weight project at Brighton)
Christopher Walker. John and I heard Christopher speak about his PhD research into IL and parents of young children in the early stages at the LILAC Conference in Liverpool 2008. We have had several discussions with him offering suggestions and information from our research and experience.
All 3 articles support our experience that information literacy is not just within formal education but throughout life. They are published from presentations at LILAC 2009 (see also our blog postings on the conference -
Some thoughts on LILAC 09,
LILAC 2009 (The Librarians Information Literacy Annual Conference) Cardiff).
Of interest to IL and the workplace is K. Stuart Ferguson
Information literacy and its relationship to knowledge management: A theoretical study(6-24). It explores IL and KM, and learning organisations as I did in my 2007 MSc Lifelong Learning and Development research 'The role of information literacy in addressing a specific strand of lifelong learning: the work agenda' . It also lead the project to further research in the work place and discussion with Annemaree Lloyd. Other articles which I haven't read yet but may be of interest are:
Andrew Whitworth - Teaching information literacy within a relational frame: the Media and Information Literacy course at Manchester (25-38)
Nora Hegarty, Alan Carbery, Tina Hurley - Learning by Doing: Reactivating the Learning Support Programme at WIT Libraries (73-90)
Conference corner:
Peter Godwin, Information Literacy gets mobile in Vancouver (91-95)
Book reviews:
Nick Frost Book review of Andrew Whitworth. 2009. Information Obesity. Oxford: Chandos Publishing. (96-97)