Combat and sacrifice: the culture of information crisis in teaching librarianship
Introduction. This paper extends recent research into the use of information crisis terminology within information studies to trace how the concept functions and is used within professional teaching librarian practice. Method. Employing critical discourse analysis, the paper examines the confer...
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Introduction. This paper extends recent research into the use of information crisis terminology within information studies to trace how the concept functions and is used within professional teaching librarian practice.
Method. Employing critical discourse analysis, the paper examines the conference proceedings from ten teaching librarian conferences (2014-2024), a database of information literacy lesson plans and the introductory chapters of selected practitioner-oriented handbooks to identify conventions of information crisis language within teaching librarianship.
Results. Findings suggest that teaching librarians’ discourse of information crisis is shaped through considerations of time and affect, which position educational work as both urgent and intense.
Conclusions. Concern that the use of evocative images and metaphors obscures teaching librarian labour as well as a reliance on a growing industry of information crisis solutions suggests the need for continued critical interrogation of the use of this term within librarianship.
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| spelling | doaj-art-85d70cc0052a48b8806ba48367a593c22025-08-20T02:32:22ZengUniversity of BoråsInformation Research: An International Electronic Journal1368-16132025-05-0130CoLIS10.47989/ir30CoLIS51934Combat and sacrifice: the culture of information crisis in teaching librarianshipRebecca Noone0Alison Hicks1University of GlasgowDepartment of Information Studies at University College, London (UCL) Introduction. This paper extends recent research into the use of information crisis terminology within information studies to trace how the concept functions and is used within professional teaching librarian practice. Method. Employing critical discourse analysis, the paper examines the conference proceedings from ten teaching librarian conferences (2014-2024), a database of information literacy lesson plans and the introductory chapters of selected practitioner-oriented handbooks to identify conventions of information crisis language within teaching librarianship. Results. Findings suggest that teaching librarians’ discourse of information crisis is shaped through considerations of time and affect, which position educational work as both urgent and intense. Conclusions. Concern that the use of evocative images and metaphors obscures teaching librarian labour as well as a reliance on a growing industry of information crisis solutions suggests the need for continued critical interrogation of the use of this term within librarianship. https://publicera.kb.se/ir/article/view/51934Critical librarianshipInformation literacy and related literaciesLibrary studiesinformation crisisinformation literacyteaching librarians |
| spellingShingle | Rebecca Noone Alison Hicks Combat and sacrifice: the culture of information crisis in teaching librarianship Information Research: An International Electronic Journal Critical librarianship Information literacy and related literacies Library studies information crisis information literacy teaching librarians |
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