Information literacy, the goal of bibliographic instruction: a position paper

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  • February 28, 2019
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  • Giersch, Sarah
    • Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science
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  • In order to learn if a common theory and practice exist and influence bibliographic instruction in academic libraries, this paper presents a view of concepts from bibliographic instruction literature. Next, three learning theories from the field of psychology are summarized and judged according to their applicability and relevance to bibliographic instruction. Then literature on information literacy is reviewed to find a common definition of information literacy. Finding that the definition has shifted from describing attributes and skills to defining a concept, a personal definition of the concept of information literacy is proposed. Then an example is offered of a research process and its accompanying skills, which are influenced by, and become the goal of, functionalist theory-based, information literacy-oriented bibliographic instruction. Finally, topics for further research are suggested.
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  • Carr, David W.
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  • December 10, 2010

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