Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln

 

Title

No Shhing: Giving Voice to the Silenced: An Essay in Support of Critical Information Literacy

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

June 2007

Abstract

The Information Literacy agenda of academic libraries has recently been critically examined to uncover some of its inherent problems. This paper frames these discussions in the critical theoretical perspective present in educational research, suggesting that the emergence of critical information literacy is long overdue and in need of serious examination by library practitioners who wish to empower student learning.