Editorial: Information and digital literacy initiatives 2

Machin-Mastromatteo, Juan-D. Editorial: Information and digital literacy initiatives 2. Information Development, 2022, vol. 38, n. 3, pp. 347-350. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

This special issue is the second part of ‘Information and digital literacy initiatives’ (see Information Development 37:3). While starting to prepare this editorial, specifically on January 30, we were saddened to hear the news about Paul Zurkowski’s passing in Washington, DC, at age 89. He has been widely acknowledged as the originator of information literacy, by using for the first time the concept in his seminal work ‘The information service environment relationships and priorities’ (Zurkowski, 1974). As we appropriately introduced the terms IL and digital literacy in the editorial for our previous issue (Machin-Mastromatteo, 2021), I wanted to share some key points from Zurkowski’s document to commemorate his life and contributions to this field of research and practice, and to frame this special issue.

Item type:	Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords:	information literacy, initiatives, programs, projects
Subjects:	C. Users, literacy and reading.
Depositing user:	Dr. Juan-D. Machin-Mastromatteo
Date deposited:	22 Jun 2025 08:48
Last modified:	22 Jun 2025 08:48
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/46304

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Machin-Mastromatteo J (2021) Information and digital literacy initiatives. Information Development 37(3): 329-333. DOI: 10.1177/02666669211031695.

Zurkowski P (1974) The information service environment relationships and priorities. Washington, D.C.: National Commission of Libraries and Information Science. Available at: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED100391.pdf (accessed 4 February 2022).

Zurkowski P and Kelly J (2015) Action literacy: Empowering "we the people" in the information age. Washington, DC: All Good LiteracieS Press.

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