Abstract
IFLA Journal and IFLA’s Library Theory and Research (LTR) and Information Literacy (IL) Sections are pleased to announce a call for papers for a special issue focused on theory and practice in information literacy. With the potential to transform lives and societies, the importance of information literacy is appreciated world-wide. Our understandings of information literacy come from across the globe and ranges in focus from practice-based to highly theoretical; from everyday life to education and workplace settings; and for infants through to the elderly.
IFLA Journal invites papers for a special issue aims to examine a range of critical approaches and research models that contribute to building new theory; the challenges of applying theory in practice and how learning theories can inform practice. The issue will be published in the spring issue of 2020 as Volume (46), Issue (1). In particular, the main goal of the special issue is to explore how the body of information literacy practice can inform the building of theory, which in turn can inform future practice. It will also explore the potential for developing knowledge to guide information literacy practice across disciplines, contexts and environments.
Guest Editors
Libraries, Archives, Records & Information Science
School of Media, Creative Arts & Social Inquiry
Curtin University
Australia
Congressman Frank J. Guarini Library
New Jersey City University
United States
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to
building new theory in information literacy; the challenges of applying theory in practice; the technology dimension in theoretical frameworks; how learning theories can inform practice; and cultural perspectives associated with learning.
Submission deadline
Articles for the special issue should be submitted to IFLA Journal for peer review before
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About IFLA journal
IFLA Journal is an international journal publishing peer reviewed articles on library and information services and the social, political and economic issues that impact access to information through libraries. The Journal publishes research, case studies and essays that reflect the broad spectrum of the profession internationally. All articles are subject to peer review. Articles are published in English. Abstracts will be translated by IFLA (the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) into the other working languages of IFLA—Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Russian or Spanish—for publication.
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