scholarly journals Analysis of Information Literacy Education Strategies for College Students Majoring in Science and Engineering

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tingting Liu ◽  
Haibin Sun
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Science And Engineering

scholarly journals Evolution Characteristics of the Information Literacy Education Policy for Chinese College Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 75-80
Author(s):  
Wei Liu ◽  
Chunyan Liu
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Education Policy ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Evolution Characteristics ◽  
The Times

In order to cultivate information literacy among college students, the Chinese government has formulated a series of relevant policies as well as revised and adjusted the policy priorities along with the times. Guided by co-word and social network analysis, this study analyzes 170 policy texts that have been promulgated by the Chinese government from 1981 to 2020. Based on the clustering results of high-frequency keywords, this study explores the characteristics of policy evolution and its influencing factors from three dimensions: policy themes, contents of information literacy education, and the methods for cultivating information literacy education. Several suggestions have also been put forward in this article to improve the information literacy education policy for Chinese college students.

scholarly journals Relegating expertise: The outward and inward positioning of librarians in information literacy education

2021 ◽  
pp. 096100062110201
Author(s):  
Alison Hicks ◽  
Annemaree Lloyd
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
English Language ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Language Models ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Practice Of Teaching

Previous research has demonstrated that professional narratives reference discourses that shape the practice of information literacy within higher education. This article uses discourse analysis method to identify how information literacy discourses construct and position teaching librarians within higher education. Texts analysed include four recent English-language models of information literacy and 16 textbooks. Analysis suggests the existence of two distinct narratives related to the role, expertise and professional practice of teaching librarians. In the outward-facing narrative librarian work is typically absent from guidelines for practice. In contrast, book introductions, which constitute the inward-facing narrative, centre professional librarians yet simultaneously position them as incompetent, or as lacking the skills and understandings that they need to be effective in this setting. These narratives constitute a form of othering that threatens professional practice at a time when the professionalisation of librarianship is being drawn into question. This article represents the second in a research programme that interrogates the epistemological premises and discourses of information literacy within higher education.

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