"Critical workplace information literacy : Laying the groundwork for a new construct"

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Author: Dijana Šobota https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4471-8976
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information and Communication Sciences; Library Science

Abstract (english)

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.

• Keywords (english): conceptualisation; critical information literacy; critical workplace information literacy; Croatia; decent work; information literacy; workplace information literacy
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review - international
• Publication version: Published version
• Journal title: Journal of Information Literacy
• Numbering: vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 138-161
• p-ISSN: 1750-5968
• e-ISSN: 1750-5968
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.11645/17.1.3353
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:940565
• Publication: 2023-06-06
• Document URL: https://journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/article/view/23
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-06-07 22:12:25