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Main Author: Barbara Fister
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1467315
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  • The Warp and Weft of Information Literacy: Changing Contexts, Enduring Challenges Barbara Fister Information Literacy Academic Libraries Library Instruction Context Effect Barriers Library Role Higher Education Librarian Attitudes Standards Time Perspective Trend Analysis Intellectual History In this personal exploration of information literacy (IL) instruction at one institution, I look back at three decades of my involvement with pedagogy and how our local practices have reflected national conversations about the field. Anxiety about the identity and purpose of academic libraries in higher education has shaped the ways we have conceptualised and argued for the value of IL, yet in spite of spirited efforts to reformulate our purpose, many of the challenges we face have consistently resisted solutions.