Information Literacy and the Public Library: Danish Librarians’ Views on Information Literacy

Bo Gerner Nielsen; Pia Borlund

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-03919-0_85

Information Literacy and the Public Library: Danish Librarians’ Views on Information Literacy

Bo Gerner Nielsen, Pia Borlund

Department of Communication

Abstract

This paper reports on the results of an empirical study of Danish public librarians' conceptions of information literacy and user education in order to support and optimize lifelong learning of library users. The study builds on data from interviews of purposely selected public librarians and a large-scale e-mail survey (questionnaire). The results show that the public librarians consider the public library an important place for learning, but also that they do not share a common understanding of the concepts of information literacy and lifelong learning. The study further reveals a diversity of user education in public libraries with a strong focus on the individuality of the user and that hands-on courses are preferred as the pedagogical form.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	» Worldwide Commonalities and Challenges in Information Literacy Research and Practice : European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2013 Istanbul, Turkey, October 22-25, 2013 Revised Selected Papers
Number of pages	7
Volume	Volume 397
Publisher	Springer Science+Business Media
Publication date	2013
Pages	632-638
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-03918-3
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-03919-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03919-0_85
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Nielsen, B. G., & Borlund, P. (2013). Information Literacy and the Public Library: Danish Librarians’ Views on Information Literacy. In » Worldwide Commonalities and Challenges in Information Literacy Research and Practice : European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2013 Istanbul, Turkey, October 22-25, 2013 Revised Selected Papers (Vol. Volume 397, pp. 632-638). Springer Science+Business Media. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03919-0_85

Information Literacy and the Public Library : Danish Librarians’ Views on Information Literacy. / Nielsen, Bo Gerner; Borlund, Pia.

» Worldwide Commonalities and Challenges in Information Literacy Research and Practice : European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2013 Istanbul, Turkey, October 22-25, 2013 Revised Selected Papers. Vol. Volume 397 Springer Science+Business Media, 2013. p. 632-638.

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Nielsen, BG & Borlund, P 2013, Information Literacy and the Public Library: Danish Librarians’ Views on Information Literacy. in » Worldwide Commonalities and Challenges in Information Literacy Research and Practice : European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2013 Istanbul, Turkey, October 22-25, 2013 Revised Selected Papers. vol. Volume 397, Springer Science+Business Media, pp. 632-638. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03919-0_85

Nielsen BG, Borlund P. Information Literacy and the Public Library: Danish Librarians’ Views on Information Literacy. In » Worldwide Commonalities and Challenges in Information Literacy Research and Practice : European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2013 Istanbul, Turkey, October 22-25, 2013 Revised Selected Papers. Vol. Volume 397. Springer Science+Business Media. 2013. p. 632-638 doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-03919-0_85

Nielsen, Bo Gerner ; Borlund, Pia. / Information Literacy and the Public Library : Danish Librarians’ Views on Information Literacy. » Worldwide Commonalities and Challenges in Information Literacy Research and Practice : European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2013 Istanbul, Turkey, October 22-25, 2013 Revised Selected Papers. Vol. Volume 397 Springer Science+Business Media, 2013. pp. 632-638

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