Mapping Information Landscapes New methods for exploring the development and teaching of information literacy

Title page
Contents
	List of figures
	Foreword
	Introduction
Chapter 1 Information literacy and information practice
	Introduction
	Library-led IL education
	Workplace IL and critical IL
	Practice theory
	Practice as a collective property
	Information literacy as a practice
Chapter 2 Maps and mapping
	Introduction
	The practice of mapping
	Mapping space and place
	The history of mapping practice
	The Hereford Mappa Mundi
	The Ordnance Survey
	Digital and participatory mapping
	Mapping Mars
	Conclusion
Chapter 3 Mapping and power
	Introduction
	Discursive mapping
	Power and knowledge
	Learning to see
	Conclusion
Chapter 4 Three psychogeographies
	Introduction
	Walk 1: Manchester
	Walk 2: Crowborough, Sussex
	Walk 3: Seaford, Sussex
	Conclusion
Chapter 5 Maps of cognition
	Introduction
	Non-geographical maps
	Mind or concept mapping
	Mapping information horizons
	Hultgren’s Approaching the future study
	Other studies of information horizons
	Concept mapping and the teaching of IL
	Ketso maps
	Ketso in use
	Facilitation
	Managing conflict
	Recognising the constraints
	Conclusion
Chapter 6 Discursive mapping of an information landscape
	Introduction
	Studying online discussions
	Summary of the context
	Stewarding the landscape
	The 16/Diamond group
	The two Gold groups
	Group judgements of relevance
	The value of alterity
	Power and empowerment
	Conclusion
Chapter 7 Conclusion
	Mapping the field of mapping
	What has been learned
	Journey’s end
Appendices
	Appendix 1: ‘Rutters’ for the walks in Chapter 4
	Appendix 2: Concept map of this book’s key ideas
	Appendix 3: Marking rubric for the discussion board tasks
	Appendix 4: Lists of resources created by three groups (16/Diamond, 15/Gold, 16/Gold) in activity 3
Bibliography and references
Index