Annemaree Lloyd - The The Qualitative Landscape of Information Literacy Research: Core approaches and methods

Praise for The Qualitative Landscape of Information Literacy Research

This comprehensive, insightful and well-researched work is an essential and timely contribution to sustaining information literacy research and practice into the future. It provides an important foundation for researchers and practitioners who seek to engage deeply with the lived experiences of people, listen to their voices, and build deep understandings and interpretations of the complex dynamics and interactions that shape peoples everyday life experiences with information. Founded on interpretivist frameworks and social theories of learning, and embedded in the authors research and theorizing centering on information landscapes, the work provides the necessary theoretical, methodological and ethical frameworks and tools to plan, design and undertake information literacy research that goes well beyond textual experiences that has characterized much information literacy research to date. This is a powerful, compelling and much needed contribution to the information literacy agenda.

Dr Ross J. Todd, Associate Professor, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

It has been a great privilege to have the opportunity to read this volume. It is an extraordinarily rich introduction to qualitative information literacy research, and to the practice of such research. Annemaree Lloyds ability to weave together the range of qualitative approaches, illustrate and illuminate them, will make this volume an entry point to the world of information literacy research for new researchers or those seeking a contemporary view of the field. As the importance of praxis expands, and the divide between researchers and practitioners blurs in many disciplines, this volume will be of significant interest to those for whom the experience of information use is dear, because it is seen to be transformational.

Dr Christine Bruce, Dean, Graduate Research, James Cook University

This is the book that information literacy researchers and practitioners have been waiting for a clear yet fabulously comprehensive guide to information literacy research that has been written by one of the most influential scholars in the field. Focusing on introducing the key theories and methods that have been employed within information literacy research, the book stands out for the clarity of its explanations as well as the range of examples that Lloyd uses to contextualise her conceptual and analytical discussions. If you have ever been frustrated by superficial or checklist approaches to information literacy research, then this is the book for you: Lloyd has produced a real tour de force that will be influencing the field for many years to come.

Dr Alison Hicks, Assistant Professor and Programme Director for Library and Information Studies, University College London

Lloyds impressive grasp of the complex topography of information literacy shines in The Qualitative Landscape of Information Literacy Research. Addressing the needs of researchers and practitioners alike, the book provides an excellent summary of approaches for studying information literacy. Framing methods in a broader conversation of research paradigms and theories, this book offers a useful tool for comparing research methodologies. The book may be especially valuable to researchers and students selecting an approach with which to conduct information literacy research. For anyone seeking to understand the various theories and methods used to study information literacy, this is a must-read book.

Dr Clarence Maybee, Professor and W. Wayne Booker Endowed Chair in Information Literacy, Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies