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Information Literacy in the Workplace (Paperback)
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Information Literacy in the Workplace (Paperback)
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This book explains how information literacy (IL) is essential to
the contemporary workplace and is fundamental to competent, ethical
and evidence-based practice. In today’s information-driven
workplace, information professionals must know when research
evidence or relevant legal, business, personal or other information
is required, how to find it, how to critique it and how to
integrate it into one’s knowledge base. To fail to do so may
result in defective and unethical practice which could have
devastating consequences for clients or employers. There is an
ethical requirement for information professionals to meet best
practice standards to achieve the best outcome possible for the
client. This demands highly focused and complex information
searching, assessment and critiquing skills. Using a range of new
perspectives, Information Literacy in the Workplace demonstrates
several aspects of IL’s presence and role in the contemporary
workplace, including IL’s role in assuring competent practice,
its value to employers as a return on investment, and its function
as an ethical safeguard in the duty and responsibilities
professionals have to clients, students and employers. Chapters are
contributed by a range of international experts, including
Christine Bruce, Bonnie Cheuk, Annemaree Lloyd with a foreword from
Jane Secker. Content covered includes: - examination of the value
and impact of IL in the workplace - how IL is experienced remotely,
beyond workplace boundaries - IL’s role in professional
development - organizational learning and knowledge creation -
developing information professional competencies - how to unlock
and create value using IL in the workplace. This book will be
useful for librarians and LIS students in understanding how
information literacy is experienced by professions they support;
academics teaching professional courses; professionals (e.g.
medical, social care, legal and business based) and their employers
in showing that IL is essential to best practice and key to ethical
practice.
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