Public Praxis: A Vision for Critical Information Literacy in Public Libraries

Public Library Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-175

  Hall, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical literacy; Information literacy; Instruction; New literacy; Praxis; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953451243     PISSN: 01616846     EISSN: 15411540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616841003776383     Document Type: Article

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