Developing Information Literacy in Dependent and Disadvantaged Circumstances: A Transitional Approach in the Digital Health Context

Citation

Buchanan S, Jardine C & Ruthven I (2018) Developing Information Literacy in Dependent and Disadvantaged Circumstances: A Transitional Approach in the Digital Health Context. In: Kurbanoğlu S, Boustany J, Špiranec S, Grassian E, Mizrachi D & Roy L (eds.) Information Literacy in the Workplace. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 810. ECIL 2017: 5th European Conference on Information Literacy, Saint-Malo, France, 18.09.2017-21.09.2017. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Verlag, pp. 409-418. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74334-9_43

Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to advance our understanding of approaches to information literacy skills development in disadvantaged and dependent circumstances, and the role of information behaviour investigations in informing meaningful interventions in context. We report on work with young mothers (

Keywords
Information literacy; Information behaviour; Digital health

Journal
Communications in Computer and Information Science; Information Literacy in the Workplace

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