Critical Literacy for Information Professionals

• Other Authors: McNicol, Sarah (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Facet Publishing 2016
• Subjects: Critical pedagogy; Literacy > Study and teaching; Information literacy > Study and teaching; Public services (Libraries)
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• Physical Description: xvii, 172 pages illustrations 25 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-164) and index
• ISBN: 9781783301058; 978178330822; 9781783301508 (eISBN)

This edited collection explores critical literacy theory and provides practical guidance to how it can be taught and applied in libraries. The approach taken in critical literacy is not to read texts in isolation, but to develop an understanding of the cultural, ideological and sociolinguistic contexts in which they are created and read. The book introduces critical literacy concepts in ways that are accessible to readers who are new to the subject while also appealing to those with greater knowledge by exploring critical literacy from a range of theoretical perspectives and linking these ideas to current debates in information studies.