Empowerment or instrumental progressivism? analyzing information literacy policies

Library Trends

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 312-337

  Whitworth, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84855585186     PISSN: 00242594     EISSN: 15590682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lib.2011.0039     Document Type: Article

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