Add to ORKGRecent political events have raised the profile of information literacy as a potential tool for supporting informed political participation. This article emphasises the importance of supporting political engagement through information provision and information literacy development, drawing on findings from two research projects to discuss what information needs young people have in relation to political engagement and identify some examples of work taking place in Scottish school libraries to help young people develop political knowledge and feel able to participate meaningfully in democratic processes. Some of the main barriers to libraries engaging with this work are also discussed
Between October and December 2016 a team from the Centre for Social Informatics at Edinburgh Napier ...
This research project explored the key drivers of and barriers to young people’s political knowledge...
International audienceThis paper reports on information retrieved by a team of librarians of the pub...
Recent political events have raised the profile of information literacy as a potential tool for supp...
This paper presents the findings of research which explored Scottish school libraries’ information p...
This paper presents the findings of research which explored Scottish school libraries’ information p...
This paper explores the educational role of libraries in the form of information literacy instructio...
Purpose: This paper explores young people’s conceptions of political information. The study sought t...
This paper reports the findings of research into young people's experiences of political information...
This paper contends that political literacy and information literacy are compatible concepts that ar...
Critical pedagogy is an educational movement which gives people the opportunity to develop the knowl...
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore young people’s conceptions of political informati...
The current political climate is characterized by an alarming pattern of global democratic regressio...
*Introduction: This paper addresses the information practices of hyperlocal democratic representativ...
Between October and December 2016 a team from the Centre for Social Informatics at Edinburgh Napier ...
This research project explored the key drivers of and barriers to young people’s political knowledge...
International audienceThis paper reports on information retrieved by a team of librarians of the pub...
Recent political events have raised the profile of information literacy as a potential tool for supp...
This paper presents the findings of research which explored Scottish school libraries’ information p...
This paper presents the findings of research which explored Scottish school libraries’ information p...
This paper explores the educational role of libraries in the form of information literacy instructio...
Purpose: This paper explores young people’s conceptions of political information. The study sought t...
This paper reports the findings of research into young people's experiences of political information...
This paper contends that political literacy and information literacy are compatible concepts that ar...
Critical pedagogy is an educational movement which gives people the opportunity to develop the knowl...
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore young people’s conceptions of political informati...
The current political climate is characterized by an alarming pattern of global democratic regressio...
*Introduction: This paper addresses the information practices of hyperlocal democratic representativ...
Between October and December 2016 a team from the Centre for Social Informatics at Edinburgh Napier ...
This research project explored the key drivers of and barriers to young people’s political knowledge...
International audienceThis paper reports on information retrieved by a team of librarians of the pub...