The State of the Field of Critical Information Literacy in Higher Education
Description:
The purpose of this dissertation was to explore the state of critical information literacy (CIL) in higher education as it is enacted and understood by academic librarians. This qualitative study investigated the institutional support, nonsupport, and barriers to CIL programs and the effectiveness of experiential critical pedagogy for information literacy (IL) learning as taught and studied by 19 CIL specialists. Purposeful sampling was used to gather a sample of 17 academic librarians and two …
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Date:
August 2014
Creator:
Downey, Annie L.
Partner:
UNT Libraries