Information Literacy Landscapes

Foreword

Annemaree Lloyd

For most people the term information literacy simply equates to the development of sound information skills, often in relation to the research process. Over the last three decades many volumes have been written on the subject as it has been operationalized. However, for me, information literacy means something different, and this is probably because I have not come to understand information literacy in the formal education context but through the study of workplace learning and of people as they engage with the multitude of practices and nuances that shape their workplace.

In my previous work as a vocational education librarian, I was concerned about why I could not get the apprentices in my own workplace to engage ...