Critical Workplace Information Literacy: Laying the Groundwork for a New Construct

Autor/inn/en	Šobota, Dijana
Titel	Critical Workplace Information Literacy: Laying the Groundwork for a New Construct
Quelle	In: Journal of Information Literacy, 17 (2023) 1, S.138-161 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Šobota, Dijana)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Critical Literacy; Workplace Literacy; Information Literacy; Foreign Countries; Hermeneutics; Employment; Concept Formation; Civil Rights; Empowerment; Croatia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritisches Lesen; Informationskompetenz; Ausland; Hermeneutik; Dienstverhältnis; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Kroatien
Abstract	In this paper, the author explores the prospect of, and the rationale for, the "critical workplace information literacy" (CWIL) construct, by situating it at the junction of critical information literacy (CIL) and workplace information literacy (WIL), the two hitherto discrete frameworks and subdomains of information literacy (IL). This preliminary attempt at the conceptualisation of a new construct was guided by the question of what role CIL can play in empowering workers to attain decent work. The author frames the conceptualisation around the 'decent work' (DW) concept, as a normative goal of the critical workplace information literacy construct, and discusses the rationale for it in the framework of the discussion on the decent work deficits in the contemporary work and information environment. Freire's critical hermeneutics and dialectics of voice and empowerment are drawn upon. The paper argues positively for the role of CIL in attaining decent work and for the need for a new construct that would help fill the knowledge and discursive gap in IL and its subdomains and overcome the current silos in the IL community. The author concludes that developing a concept requires a broad deliberative process informed by both theoretical and empirical research, and gives suggestions for future research. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	CILIP Information Literacy Group. 7 Ridgmount Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7AE, United Kingdom. e-mail: JIL@cilip.org.uk; Web site: https://journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01