The Service Implications of a Rhetorical Approach to Information Literacy.
TL;DR: The Future Voices in Public Services column as mentioned in this paper is a forum for graduate students in library and information science programs to discuss key issues in academic library public services, to envision what they feel librarians in public service have to offer to academia, to tell us their visions for the profession, or to share research being conducted in library schools.
Abstract: Column description The Future Voices in Public Services column is a forum for graduate students in library and information science programs to discuss key issues in academic library public services, to envision what they feel librarians in public service have to offer to academia, to tell us their visions for the profession, or to share research being conducted in library schools We hope to provide fresh perspectives from those entering our field, in both the United States and other countries Interested faculty of graduate library and information science programs, who would like their students’ ideas represented in these pages, are invited to contact Miriam L Matteson
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16 Jun 2019
TL;DR: In this paper, a hermeneutic literature review was conducted, followed by a content analysis of information literacy papers discussing content evaluation, and critical thinking papers from key authors were compared.
Abstract: Introduction. Information literacy and critical thinking are discussed as distinct concepts by authors in different disciplines. This paper seeks to analyse their conceptions to determine the extent to which they overlap, and identify areas for collaboration across disciplinary lines. Method. A hermeneutic literature review was conducted, followed by a content analysis of information literacy papers discussing content evaluation, and critical thinking papers from key authors. Analysis. Proportions of identified themes represented within the two groups of papers were compared. Similarities and differences were assessed in conjunction with findings from the hermeneutic literature review. Results. Though divergent in their basic underpinning skills, critical thinking and information literacy conceptions pertaining to content evaluation were found to be strongly overlapping in their broader conceptions. Modern pressures giving rise to content evaluation concerns such as the ‘fake news’ phenomenon suggest a need for strong sense conceptions, and an avenue for integration between information literacy and critical thinking when evaluating information. Conclusion. Taken in their strong sense, information literacy and critical thinking conceptions show a high degree of overlap. Engagement across disciplinary lines could offer an enrichment to both concepts.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a conception of genre based on conventionalized social motives which are found in recurrent situation-types is proposed, and the thesis is that genre must be conceived in terms of rhetorical action rather than substance or form.
Abstract: This essay proposes a conception of genre based on conventionalized social motives which are found in recurrent situation‐types. The thesis is that genre must be conceived in terms of rhetorical action rather than substance or form.
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...Situations are socially constructed, and the types of discourse we produce and the receptions those types of discourse receive help to define the situation both in the moment and in similar moments (Miller, 1984)....
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...Writers may have personal desires that they want to fulfill, but they must align those desires with socially-sanctioned motives (Miller, 1984)....
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TL;DR: Abstract In 1999 the ACRL Board established the Task Force on Information Literacy Competency Standards and charged it to develop competency standards for higher education and seeks endorsement and promulgation of these standards from professional and accreditation associations in higher education.
Abstract: In 1999 the ACRL Board established the Task Force on Information Literacy Competency Standards and charged it to develop competency standards for higher education. ACRL seeks endorsement and promulgation of these standards from professional and accreditation associations in higher education. An Information Literacy Standards Implementation Task Force will be charged to promote the use of the standards in higher education. “Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education” was approved by the Board of Directors of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ARCL) on January 18, 2000, at the Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association in San Antonio, Texas.
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...The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (Standards), in particular, elide the difference between information and information objects, treating information as an external good that people can possess or trade (ACRL, 2000)....
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TL;DR: The rhetorical situation is the context in which speakers or writers create rhetorical discourse as mentioned in this paper, which is not a standard term in the vocabulary of rhetorical theory, and therefore it is difficult to define it.
Abstract: found himself in an ethical situation, we understand that he probably either contemplated or made some choice or action from a sense of duty or obligation or with a view to the Good. In other words, there are circumstances of this or that kind of structure which are recognized as ethical, dangerous, or embarrassing. What characteristics, then, are implied when one refers to "the rhetorical situation" the context in which speakers or writers create rhetorical discourse? Perhaps this question is puzzling because "situation" is not a standard term in the vocabulary of rhetorical theory. "Audience" is standard; so also are "speaker," "subject," "occasion," and "speech." If I were to ask, "What is a rhetorical audience?" or "What is a rhetorical subject?" the reader would catch the meaning of my question. When I ask, What is a rhetorical situation?, I want to know the nature of those contexts in which speakers or writers create rhetorical discourse: How should they be described? What are their characteristics? Why and how do they resuit in the creation of rhetoric? By analogy, a theorist of science might well ask, What are the characteristics of situations which inspire scientific thought? A philosopher might ask, What is the nature of the situation in which a philosopher "does philosophy"? And a theorist of poetry might ask, How shall we describe the context in which poetry cornes into existence?
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...Bitzer (1968) defines rhetoric as “a mode of altering reality, not by the direct application of energy to objects, but by the creation of discourse which changes reality through the mediation of thought and action” (p. 4)....
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TL;DR: The Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (ILMLF) as discussed by the authors ) is a framework for information literacy for higher education that includes guidelines for using it in higher education.
Abstract: Suggestions on How to Use the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframeworkapps#suggestions) Introduction for Faculty and Administrators (http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards /ilframeworkapps#introfaculty) For Faculty: How to Use the Framework (http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframeworkapps#usefaculty) For Administrators: How to Support the Framework (http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards /ilframeworkapps#adminsupport)
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TL;DR: Metaliteracy is an overarching and self-referential framework that integrates emerging technologies and unifies multiple literacy types and places a particular emphasis on producing and sharing information in participatory digital environments.
Abstract: Social media environments and online communities are innovative collaborative technologies that challenge traditional definitions of information literacy. Metaliteracy is an overarching and self-referential framework that integrates emerging technologies and unifies multiple literacy types. This redefinition of information literacy expands the scope of generally understood information competencies and places a particular emphasis on producing and sharing information in participatory digital environments.
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...Mackey and Jacobson (2011) argue that the participatory nature of the Web 2.0 environment necessitates a model of information literacy that places creation in the center of information behavior....
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...Despite its inclusion in this list, use has received little attention as a part of information literacy, information seeking, and information behavior (Mackey & Jacobson, 2011)....
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