TY - JOUR
AU - Lisa O'Connor
AB - Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine how the professionalization of school and academic librarianship contributed to the establishment of information literacy as a form of legitimation. Design/methodology/approach – Historical analysis via Abbott. Findings – The need to obtain and maintain professional status did place school and academic librarians in a vulnerable position during a time of change that forced them to seek a new jurisdiciton of expertise. Originality/value – Important for the profession to examine the context of the emergence of a current and important framework.
TI - Information literacy as professional legitimation The quest for professional jurisdiction
JF - Library Review
DO - 10.1108/00242530910952828
DA - 2009-04-17
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/emerald-publishing/information-literacy-as-professional-legitimation-the-quest-for-KsTYlxEr60
SP - 272
EP - 289
VL - 58
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -