Hay muchos Méxicos: Mexican Information Professionals Discuss Information Literacy
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Date
2019-06-29
Authors
Maxson, Bronwen K.
Reyes, Betsaida M.
Hicks, Alison
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SALALM-LXVI
Abstract
Information literacy as a term and as a field of study is well established in Mexico. Scholars like Lau, Hernandez Salazar, Tiscareño Arroyo, Cortés-Vera and others are working to advance the knowledge in this area. Many highlight the importance of professor-librarian collaborations (Lau, 2001 & Cortés-Vera and Tiscareño Arroyo, (2014) as the key to bring information literacy to the forefront and integrate it into the curriculum.
Building on the work presented at SALALM in 2018, we seek to increase awareness amongst US librarians of the practices of information professionals and librarians in Mexico. In summer 2018, we listened as librarians from five higher education institutions in Mexico City shared their experiences with us.
We employed open-ended questions during recorded focus groups sessions to purposely foreground the voices of the participants. We then transcribed and coded our recordings to look for shared concepts and categories. Based on the analysis of our data, we will discuss how these professionals approach information literacy.
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Keywords
information literacy, alfabetización informacional, desarollo de habilidades informativas, Mexican librarians
Citation
Maxson, B. K., Reyes, B. M., & Hicks, A. (2019, June). Hay muchos Méxicos: Mexican Information Professionals Discuss Information Literacy. Presented at the SALALM LXIV annual conference, Austin, TX.