The multifaceted nature of information literacy: solving the Rubik cube puzzle

Andretta, Susie The multifaceted nature of information literacy: solving the Rubik cube puzzle. Journal of Information Literacy, 2009, vol. 3, n. 2. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]

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Welcome to the second issue of JIL 2009. The papers in the previous issue (Vol 3, 1, 2009) focused primarily on information literacy education in the context of HE. 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. At the start these facets are fragmented, and only by investigating the nature of these facets and the dynamics between them will we be able to see information literacy as an integrated, coherent but many sided whole. This editorial takes the first step towards solving the Rubik cube puzzle of information literacy.

Item type:	Journal article (Unpaginated)
Keywords:	Information Literacy
Subjects:	B. Information use and sociology of information > BZ. None of these, but in this section.
Depositing user:	Susie Andretta
Date deposited:	03 Sep 2010
Last modified:	02 Oct 2014 12:17
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/14870

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Andretta, S. 2007. Information literacy: the functional literacy for the 21st Century. In: Andretta, S. ed. Change and Challenge: Information literacy for the 21st Century. Adelaide: Auslib Press, pp. 1-14.

Bruce, C., Edwards, S. and Lupton, M. 2007. Six frames for information literacy education: a conceptual framework for interpreting the relationship between theory and practice. In: Andretta, S., ed. Change and Challenge: Information literacy for the 21st Century, Adelaide: Auslib Press, pp. 37-58.

Catts, R. and Lau, J. 2008. Towards Information Literacy Indicators [Online]. Paris: UNESCO. Available at: http://www.ifla.org/files/information- literacy/publications/towards-information-literacy_2008-en.pdf [Accessed 24 November 2009].

Crawford, J and Irving, C. 2009. Information literacy in the workplace: a qualitative exploratory study. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 41(1), pp. 29 - 38.

Horton, F.W. 2007. Understanding Information Literacy: A Primer [Online]. Paris: UNESCO. Available at: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001570/157020e.pdf [Accessed 24 November 2009].

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