Information literacy in employability training: The experience of Inverclyde Libraries

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 79-89

  Crawford, John ^a   Irving, Christine ^b  

^a Westcourt Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Freelance Information Professional ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

community learning and development; employability; information literacy; Inverclyde Libraries; learning life histories; lifelong learning; public libraries; Scottish Information Literacy Project; skills development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861956247     PISSN: 09610006     EISSN: 17416477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961000611436096     Document Type: Article

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