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Pursuing Information Literacy. Roles and Relationships

✍ Scribed by Emmett Lombard (Auth.)

Publisher
Chandos Publishing
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Leaves
170
Series
Chandos Information Professional Series
Edition
1
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

The primary purpose of Pursuing Information Literacy is to inspire individual thinking and application. The book reviews important information literacy and its social significance and the application of information literacy in a number of different sectors. The future of information literacy is explored in concluding chapters.

  • Philosophical framework and practical approaches
  • Beyond academia; different equations
  • Consistency and comfort as concept; expansion of domain

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front matter, Pages i-iii
Copyright, Page iv
Acknowledgements, Page ix
About the author, Pages xi-xii
Preface, Pages xiii-xvii
1 - Introduction, Pages 1-13
2 - Business, Pages 15-33
3 - Health care, Pages 35-52
4 - Media, Pages 53-72
5 - Government, Pages 73-87
6 - Justice, Pages 89-105
7 - Defense, Pages 107-121
8 - Education, Pages 123-146
9 - Conclusion, Pages 147-157
Further reading, Pages 159-162
Index, Pages 163-164

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