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The
last 46 years have witnessed a deep and continued interest in information
literacy. This interest has resulted in an extensive range of research being
undertaken and a burgeoning corpus of literature created by academic
researchers, library practitioners and other researchers who explore information
literacy through their own disciplinary lens. 

The
Qualitative Landscape of Information Literacy Research is a landmark publication that will develop
and support readers? understanding of how information literacy research and
teaching is framed, developed and produced. Written by a leading expert in the
field, it introduces and describes the key approaches taken by qualitative researchers,
identifying core and specialist methods, techniques and theories. In each
chapter, examples will illustrate how theory, types of pedagogical frameworks,
methods and tools have been used. Coverage includes:

• theory
  and key concepts of information literacy


• social
  theory framework and their application to information literacy research


• exploration
  of the pedagogical frameworks that inform information literacy


• a
  range of qualitative methods that shape information literacy research


• data
  collection techniques


• research
  design.

This book will be valuable to researchers in
information literacy, students who are developing or undertaking research or
simply interested in identifying approaches to information literacy and practitioners who want to investigate the practice of information literacy to
create an evidence base to support information literacy in their workplaces or
institutions.

Table of Contents:

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Foreword Geoff Walton
Introduction

1. Situating Information Literacy Research
2. Informing Information Literacy Research
3. Framing Information Literacy as an Educational Practice for Research
4. Qualitative Methods in Information Literacy Research
5. Collecting Data About Information Literacy: Data Collection Techniques
6. Planning for Research
7. Qualitatively Speaking and Doing Information Literacy Research

References
Index