No shhing: giving voice to the silenced: an essay in support of critical information literacy.

From: Library Philosophy and Practice | Date: June 1, 2007| Author: Doherty, John J. | Copyright information

Introduction

Information is the fuel of the academy. It is what is created and used, what drives it forward in its teaching and research mission. In the 21st century, information is also what drives the economies of many Western nations. Daniel Bell referred to the time in which we are now immersed as the post-industrial era, or the information age (Bell, 1973). Yet it is also an age that is still aggressively informed by an industrial mode of thinking, and that continue...

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