Ways of Experiencing Information Literacy

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Introduction: who this book is for how to use it

Abstract:

The book presents an investigation of the experience of information literacy from the perspective of postgraduate information management students. To accomplish this, the study employed a relational approach identifying the dynamic relationships between students and information, and assessed the impact of these relationships on the outcome of learning. Such a learner-centred perspective proposes an alternative to information literacy education that fosters the development of information skills and the accumulation of knowledge about the information environment. In this respect, the book appeals to educators dealing with any learning situation because the relational approach of information ...