2009/04/17 by Lisa O'Connor, Lisa O’Connor · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Evaluation of Teaching Practices #Historical Education Studies Worldwide #Library Science and Information Literacy
paper · doi:10.1108/00242530910952828
crossref issued 2009/04/17 · crossref published 2009/04/17 · crossref published-print 2009/04/17 · openalex publication_date 2009/04/17 · crossref created 2009/04/27 · crossref deposited 2025/07/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · crossref indexed 2026/07/30 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine how the professionalization of school and academic librarianship contributed to the establishment of information literacy as a form of legitimation. Design/methodology/approach Historical analysis via Abbott. Findings The need to obtain and maintain professional status did place school and academic librarians in a vulnerable position during a time of change that forced them to seek a new jurisdiciton of expertise. Originality/value Important for the profession to examine the context of the emergence of a current and important framework.