Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-2-2024
Abstract
Theorising about information literacy (IL), or better, interrogating the idea of IL theoretically, is the guiding principle behind the edited work, Information literacy through theory (Hicks, Lloyd, and Pilerot, 2024). The editors have deliberately, and quite correctly, not asked contributors to come up with a theory of IL, but rather to put IL in conversation, contact, and sometimes conflict, with other theory(s) to inform new ways to critique and conceive of IL as a concept and practice. Because of this, the book, while well-written and well-researched, can be a bit of a daunting read. For anyone not versed in thinking theoretically, rather than practically, the book will prove a challenge (though an often worthy one). Each chapter is dense with references and assumes a level of knowledge of the academic theoretical world that many librarians simply may not have. This should not deter potential readers.
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Publication Information
Tobiason, Anders. (2024). "Book review of Hicks, A., Lloyd, A., and Pilerot, O. (Eds.). 2024. Information Literacy Through Theory". Journal of Information Literacy, 18(1), 237-239. https://doi.org/10.11645/18.1.610