Worldwide Commonalities and Challenges in Information Literacy Research and Practice: European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2013 Istanbul, Turkey, October 22-25, 2013 Revised Selected Papers

Front Cover --
Information Experience: Approaches to Theory and Practice --
Copyright Page --
Contents --
List of Contributors --
List of Editors --
Editorial Advisory Board --
Preface --
Reference --
Section I: Overview --
Chapter 1 Information Experience: Contemporary Perspectives --
1.1. Information Experience: An Emerging Concept --
1.2. Information Experience: A Research Domain --
1.3. Information Experience: A Research Object --
1.4. Information Experience: Significance to Theory and Practice --
1.5. Information Experience: Towards a Collective Awareness --
References --
Section II: Theorising information experience --
Chapter 2 Researching Information Experience: Object and Domain --
2.1. Introduction --
2.2. The Research Projects --
2.2.1. Socially Resilient: Social Media in Times of Natural Disaster --
2.2.2. Informed Resilience: Information Literacy in Times of Natural Disaster --
2.3. Understanding Information Experience --
2.3.1. Delineating Information Experience as a Research Object --
2.3.2. Delineating Information Experience as a Research Domain --
2.4. Conclusion --
Acknowledgements --
References --
Chapter 3 Researching Information Experience: Methodological Snapshots --
3.1. Introduction --
3.2. Author\'s Perspective on Information Experience and Informed Learning --
3.3. Six Research Snapshots: Varied Approaches to Information Experience Research --
3.3.1. Action Research --
3.3.1.1. Featured Researcher: Anne Whisken --
3.3.2. CGT --
3.3.2.1. Featured Researcher: Kate Davis --
3.3.3. Ethnomethodology --
3.3.3.1. Featured Researcher: Natalya Godbold --
3.3.4. ECIA --
3.3.4.1. Featured Researcher: Ann Gillespie --
3.3.5. Phenomenography --
3.3.5.1. Featured Researcher: Clarence Maybee --
3.3.6. Qualitative Case Study --
3.3.6.1. Featured Researchers: Hilary Hughes (Senior Lecturer) and Christine Bruce (Professor). 3.4. Reviewing the Featured Research Approaches --
3.4.1. Characteristics, Processes and Outcomes --
3.4.2. Similarities and Differences --
3.4.3. Advantages --
3.5. Conclusion --
Acknowledgement --
References --
Chapter 4 A Reflection on the Relationship between the Study of People\'s Information Behaviour and Information Literacy: Ch... --
4.1. Authors\' Perspective on Information Experience --
4.2. Introduction --
4.3. Overview of IB Research --
4.4. Overview of IL Research --
4.5. Discussion --
4.6. Conclusions --
References --
Section III: Experiencing information --
Chapter 5 Creating and Expressing: Information-As-It-Is-Experienced --
5.1. Author\'s Perspective on Information Experience --
5.2. Introduction --
5.2.1. What is \'Information\'? --
5.2.2. The Nature of Information --
5.3. Methodology --
5.3.1. Information-As-It-Is-Experienced --
Music Composition --
Using external information --
Internal information --
Creating information --
5.3.2. Information-As-It-Is-Experienced --
Dancing Argentine Tango --
Hearing and listening --
Touch and movement --
5.4. Discussion --
5.5. Conclusion --
Acknowledgements --
References --
Chapter 6 Informed Bodies: Does the Corporeal Experience Matter to Information Literacy Practice? --
6.1. Introduction --
6.2. Author\'s Perspective on Information Experience --
6.3. Information Literacy and Learning: A Brief Sociocultural View --
6.3.1. Information Literacy and Corporeal Literacy --
6.4. The Site of the Body in Theory --
6.4.1. The Vocational Body --
6.4.2. Practising Bodies --
6.5. Corporeal Experience of Information --
6.5.1. Corporeal Aspects of Information Literacy Experience --
6.6. Emergency Services Studies --
6.7. Corporeal Experience of Renal Care Nurses --
6.8. Discussion --
6.9. Concluding Thoughts and Questions --
References --
Chapter 7 Information Experiences of Teen Content Creators. 7.1. Introduction --
7.2. Author\'s Perspective on Information Experience --
7.2.1. Defining Information Experience --
7.3. Teen Content Creator\'s Information Experiences --
7.3.1. Information as Participation --
7.3.2. Information as Inspiration --
7.3.3. Information as Collaboration --
7.3.4. Information as Process --
7.3.5. Information as Artifact --
7.4. Conclusion --
References --
Section IV: Community information experience --
Chapter 8 Exploring Information Literacy during a Natural Disaster: The 2011 Brisbane Flood --
8.1. Introduction --
8.2. Background to the Study --
8.3. The Research Project --
8.3.1. Approach --
8.3.2. Theoretical Foundations: Information Literacy and Information Experience --
8.3.3. Participants --
8.3.4. Data Collection --
8.3.5. Analysis --
8.3.6. Maintaining Quality --
8.4. Ways of Experiencing Information Literacy in a Natural Disaster --
8.4.1. Category 1: Information Literacy during a Natural Disaster Is Experienced as Witnessing Environmental Change --
8.4.2. Category 2: Information Literacy during a Natural Disaster Is Experienced as Building an Information Network --
8.4.3. Category 3: Information Literacy during a Natural Disaster Is Experienced as Helping to Inform Others --
8.4.4. Category 4: Information Literacy during a Natural Disaster Is Experienced as Learning about a Natural Disaster --
8.4.5. Category 5: Information Literacy during a Natural Disaster Is Experienced as Drawing on Past Experience --
8.4.6. Category 6: Information Literacy during a Natural Disaster Is Experienced as Understanding Significance --
8.5. Understanding Information Experience: Implications from This Project --
8.6. Conclusion --
References --
Chapter 9 Information Experiences: A Native American\'s Perspective --
9.1. Introduction --
9.2. Early Life --
9.3. School Days --
9.4. Early Career --
9.5. Downsizing and Simplifying. 9.6. Life Changes and Learning --
9.7. Advancing Technology --
9.8. Culture and Information Experience --
9.9. Nature and Information Experience --
9.10. Values and Principles --
9.11. Concluding Thoughts --
Chapter 10 Experiential Brutality in Sense Making: Researching Dynamic Sense Making Processes in Online Discussions about K... --
10.1. Author\'s Perspective on Information Experience --
10.2. Introduction --
10.3. Background --
10.4. Methodological Perspective --
10.5. Setting of the Study --
10.5.1. Data Selection --
10.6. Findings --
10.6.1. Experiential Brutality --
10.7. Iterative Rounds --
10.8. Implications for Information Research --
10.9. Conclusion --
Acknowledgements --
References --
Chapter 11 Diversifying Information Literacy Research: An Informed Learning Perspective --
11.1. Introduction --
11.2. Authors\' Perspective on Information Experience and Informed Learning --
11.3. Informed Learning: A Lens for Exploring Information Experiences in Community Settings --
11.4. Informed Learning in Community Contexts --
11.4.1. Older Communities: Ageing Australians --
11.4.2. Digital Communities: Social Media in Times of Natural Disasters --
11.4.3. Faith Communities: Church Community --
11.4.4. Ethnic Communities: Hispanic Community --
11.4.5. Indigenous Communities: The Native American Community --
11.5. Discussion --
11.5.1. Enhancing Our Understanding of Information Literacy --
11.5.2. The Importance of Inclusivity --
11.5.3. Implications for Practice --
11.5.4. Future Agendas --
11.6. Conclusion --
Acknowledgements --
References --
Section V: Organisational and professional information experience --
Chapter 12 How to Lose Friends and Alienate People: The High Cost to Business of Poor Information Experiences --
12.1. Introduction: The Emerging Significance of Information Experiences --
12.2. Author\'s Perspective on Information Experiences. 12.3. Some Key Ideas about Information Experiences --
12.4. Specific Case Studies --
12.4.1. Organisations Communicating with Their Customers --
12.4.2. Organisations Communicating with Their Employees --
12.4.3. Organisations Communicating with Their Senior Leaders --
12.4.4. Organisations Communicating with External Partners --
12.5. Conclusion --
References --
Chapter 13 Information Experiences in the Workplace: Foundations for an Informed Systems Approach --
13.1. Introduction --
13.2. Authors\' Perspective on Information Experience --
13.3. The Informed Systems Approach --
13.3.1. Origins of the Informed Systems Approach --
13.3.2. Philosophical Underpinnings --
13.3.3. Guiding Principles --
13.3.4. The Role of Information Experiences --
13.4. Informed Systems Approach in Practice --
13.4.1. Shared Leadership Workshops --
13.4.2. Shared Leadership Information Practices --
13.4.3. Informed Learning Design Activities --
13.4.4. Informed Systems Approach Reflections --
13.5. Informed Systems Approach in Wider Contexts --
13.5.1. Designing Information Experience Systems --
13.5.2. Establishing Collaborative Evidence-Based Interactions --
13.5.3. Building Collaborative Action Capacity --
13.5.4. Encouraging Workplace Culture Disruption --
13.6. Informed Systems Approach as Information Experience --
13.7. Concluding Reflections --
References --
Chapter 14 Information Experiences of Female Legislators: Examining Constituency Activities and Representation in the Ugand... --
14.1. Introduction --
14.1.1. Historical Context --
14.2. Authors\' Perspective on Information Experience and Information Research --
14.2.1. Methods --
14.3. Constituency Activities --
14.3.1. Information Exchange --
For Political Representation --
14.3.1.1. Information intermediaries --
14.3.2. Information Exchange --
For Social Support. 14.4. Complicating Influences --
The District/Affirmative Constituency.